The act of appropriating , or setting apart; prescribing the destination of a thing; designating the use or application of a fund. In public law. The act by which the legislative department of government designates a particular fund, or sets apart a specified portion of the public revenue or of the money in the public treasury, to be applied to some general object of … [Read more...]

A just valuation of property. 2. Appraisements are required to be made of the property of persons dying intestate, of insolvents and others; an inventory of the goods ought to be made, and a just valuation put upon them. When property real or personal is taken for public use, an appraisement of it is made, that the owner may be paid it's value. Law Dictionary - Alternative … [Read more...]

The act of selecting devoting or setting apart land for a particular use or purpose as where land is appropriated for public buildings military reservations or other public uses. Sometimes also applied to the taking of private property for public use in the exercise of the power of eminent domain. … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]