Legal Definition and Related Resources of Apply

Make a formal request or petition to a court or tribunal . To use for a particular purpose. appropriate moneys for a particular account . The word is also used in relation to statutes in the sense of denoting its scope as when saying that a particular statute does not apply to a specific class of persons or transactions.

(Pertain), verb

• affect
• be applicable
• be concerned with
• be connected with
• be pertinent
• be proper to
• be relevant
• bear upon
• belong to
• concern
• deal with
• have a connection to
• have bearing on
• have reference
• have relation
• involve
• pertinere ad
• refer
• regard
• relate
• touch

(Put in practice), verb

• adapt
• adjust
• admovere
• adopt
• carry out
• convert to use
• employ
• execute
• exercise
• exert
• put in action
• put in operation
• put to use
• use
• utilize

(Request), verb

• ad hominem confugere
• ask
• hominem adire
• make formal request
• petition
• pray
• seek
• solicit Associated Concepts: motion

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What does Apply mean in American Law?

The definition of Apply in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

To make an application. Also widely used more particularly to describe the process whereby a law or rule is brought to bear on conduct, as in “the court will apply the Parol Evidence Rule to bar testimony about oral agreements.”