Appropriation

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Appropriation in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of appropriation.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• appropriation in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• appropriation in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Appropriation

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Appropriation :

1. (in administrative law) The allocation of a sum of money to a particular purpose. The annual Appropriation Act authorizes the issue from the Consolidated Fund of money required to meet government expenditure and allocates it between departments and by reference to itemized heads of expenditure.

2. (in criminal law)

See theft.

Concept of Appropriation in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Appropriation: The private taking and use of public property, such as water from a river or lake. Not to be confused with condemnation or expropriation.

Concept of Appropriation in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Appropriation: The private taking and use of public property, such as water from a river or lake. Not to be confused with condemnation or expropriation.

Meaning of Appropriation in the Past

The setting apart an ecclesiastical benefice, which is the general property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) of the church, to the perpetual and proper use of some religious house, bishop or college, dean and chapter and the like. Ayl. Pat. 86. See the form of an appropriation in Jacob’s Introd. 411. [1]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about appropriation is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including appropriation.

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Appropriation

Meaning of Appropriation

In this law dictionary, the legal term appropriation is a kind of the Torts class.

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