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A person appointed by competent authority to make an appraisement, to ascertain and state the true value of goods or real estate. General appraisers. Appraisers appointed under an act of congress to afford aid and assistance to the collectors of customs in the appraisement of imported merchandise. Gibb v. Washington, 10 Fed. Cas. 288.Merchant appraisers. Where the appraisement … [Read more...] about APPRAISER

One who makes an appropriation; as, an appropriator of water. Lux v. Haggin, 69 Cal. 255, 10 Pac. 736. In English ecclesiastical law. A spiritual corporation entitled to the profits of a benefice. … [Read more...] about APPROPRIATOR

An increase in value, for example appreciated property which has risen in value since purchase. … [Read more...] about APPRECIATION

To express satisfaction and acceptance with regard to something. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The act of a judge or magistrate in sanctioning and accepting as satisfactory a bond, security, or other instrument which is required by law to pass his inspection and receive his approbation before it becomes operative. … [Read more...] about APPROVAL

To take hold of, whether with the mind, and so to conceive, believe, fear, dread, (Trogdon v. State, 133 Ind. 1, 32 N. E. 725;) or actually and bodily, and so to take a person on a criminal process ; to seize; to arrest, (Hogan v. Stophlet, 179 111. 150, 53 N. E. 604, 44 L. R. A. 809.) … [Read more...] about APPREHEND