What is APPROPRIATE? Definition of APPROPRIATE in Black's Law Dictionary
To make a thing one's own; to make a thing the subject of property; to exercise dominion over an object to the extent, and for the purpose, of making it subserve one's own proper use or pleasure. People v. Ashworth, 222N.Y.S. 24, 27, 220 App.Div. 498. To prescribe a particular use for particular moneys; to designate or destine a fund or property for a distinct use, or for the payment of a particular demand. McKenzie Const. Co. v. City of San Antonio, Tex., 50 S.W.2d 349, 352; Jennings v. Kinsey, 308 Mo. 265, 271 S.W. 786, 787. Also used in the sense of distribute.
In this sense it may denote the act of an executor or administrator who distributes the estate of his decedent among the legatees, heirs, or others entitled, in pursuance of his duties and according to their respective rights; to take away from one to whom a chattel belongs, and to devote it to the exclusive use and benefit of him who appropriates it. Davis v. Perkins, 178 Ga. 195, 172 S.E. 562, 565; or properly used in this sense to denote the acquisition of property and a right of exclusive enjoyment in those things which before were without an owner or were publics juris. People v. Lammerts, 164 N.Y. 137, 58 N.E. 22.
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