APPROPRIATION
appropriation,n.1. The exercise of control over property; a taking of possession. Cf.
EXPROPRIATION; MI-SAPPROPRIATION. 2. A legislative body’s act of setting aside a sum of
money for a public purpose. • If the sum is earmarked for a precise or limited purpose, it is
sometimes called a specific appropriation. [Cases: States 129. C.J.S. States §§ 230, 232.] 3. The
sum of money so voted. 4.Torts. An invasion of privacy whereby one person takes the name or
likeness of another for commercial gain. [Cases: Torts 8.5(6). C.J.S. Right of Pri-vacy and
Publicity §§ 9–16, 40–43, 45.] 5. The transfer of a benefice, together with all its interests, to a
spiritual corporation. See spiritual corporation under CORPORATION. Cf. IMPROPRIATION. 6.
The benefice so transferred. — appropriate,vb. — appropriable,adj. — appropriator,n. [Blacks Law 8th]