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]