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apportionment,n.1.  Division  into  proportionate  shares;  esp.,  the  division  of  rights  and liabilities between two or more persons or entities. 2.Tax law. The act of allocating or attributing moneys or expenses in a given way, as when a taxpayer allocates part of profits to a particular tax year or part of the use of a personal…

apport (<<schwa>>-port), n.[Law French] Hist. A tax, expense, tribute, or payment. [Blacks Law 8th]

Appointments Clause.The clause  of the U.S. Constitution  giving the President the  power to nominate federal judges and various other officials. U.S. Const. art. II, § 2. [Cases: United States 35. C.J.S. United States §§ 23, 53, 56–57.] [Blacks Law 8th]

appointment,n.1. The designation of a person, such as a nonelected public official, for a job or  duty;  esp.,  the  naming  of  someone  to  a  nonelected  public  office  <Article  II  of  the  U.S. Constitution grants the President the power of appointment for principal federal officials, subject to  senatorial  consent>.  [Cases:  Officers  and  Public  Employees    8;  United …

appointive property.See PROPERTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

appointive asset.See ASSET.[Blacks Law 8th]

appointee.  1.  One  who  is  appointed.  2.  One  who  receives  the  benefit  of  a  power  of appointment. See POWER OF APPOINTMENT. [Cases: Powers    1. C.J.S. Powers § 2.] permissible appointee.A person to whom appointive property may be assigned under a power of appointment. — Also termed object of the power of appointment; object of the…

appointed counsel.See assigned counsel under COUNSEL. [Blacks Law 8th]

apply,vb.1.  To  make  a  formal  request  or  motion  <apply  for  a  loan>  <apply  for  injunctive relief>.2. To employ for a limited purpose <apply payments to a reduction in interest>.3. To put to use  with  a  particular  subject  matter  <  apply  the  law  to  the  facts>  <apply  the  law  only  to transactions in interstate commerce>. [Blacks Law…

applied cost.See COST(1). [Blacks Law 8th]