Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

APPORTIONMENT

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APPRENTICE EN LA LEY

proportionate parts. Co. Litt. 147; lSwanst. 87, n.; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 475a. Of contracts. The allowance, in case of a severable contract, partially performed, of a part of the entire consideration propor tioned to the degree in which the contract was carried out. Of rent. The allotment of their shares in a rent to each of several parties owning it. The determination of the amount of rent to be paid when the tenancy is terminated at some period other than one of the regular intervals for the payment of rent. Of incumbrances. Where several per sons are interested in an estate, apportion ment, as between them, is the determination of the respective amounts which they shall contribute towards the removal of the in cumbrance. Of corporate shares. The pro tanto division among the subscribers of the shares allowed to be issued by the charter, where more than the limited number have been sub scribed for. Of common. A division of the right of common between several persons, among whom the land to which, as an entirety, it first belonged has been divided. Of representatives. The determination upon each decennial census of the number of representatives in congress which each state shall elect, the calculation being based upon the population. See Const. U. S. art. l.§2. APPORTS EN NATURE. In French law. That which a partner brings into the partnership other than cash; for instance, securities, realty or personalty, cattle, stock, or even his personal ability and knowledge. Argl. Fr. Merc. Law, 545. APPORTUM. In old English law. The revenue, profit, or emolument which a thing brings to the owner. Commonly applied to a corody or pension. Blount. APPOSAL OF SHERIFFS. The charg ing them with money received upon their account in the exchequer. St. 22 & 23 Car. II.; Cowell. APPOSER. An officer in the exchequer, clothed with the duty of examining the sher iffs in respect of their accounts. Usually ealled the "foreign apposer." Termes de la Ley. APPOSTILLE, or APOSTILLE. In French law, an addition or annotation made tn the margin of a writing. MerL Repert. AM.DIGT.LAW—6

APPRAISE. In practice. To fix or set a price or value upon; to fix and state the true value of a thing, and, usually, in writing. APPRAISEMENT. A just and true val uation of property. A valuation set upon property under judicial or legislative author ity. APPRAISER. A person appointed by competent authority to make an appraise ment, to ascertain and state the true value of goods or real estate. APPREHEND. To take hold of, whether with the mind, and so to conceive, believe, fear, dread; or actually and bodily, and so to take a person on a criminal process; to seize; to arrest. 1 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 636. APPREHENSIO. Lat. In the civil and old English law. A taking hold of a person or thing; apprehension; the seizure or capt ure of a person. Calvin. One of the varieties or subordinate forms of occupatio, or the mode of acquiring title to things not belonging to any one. APPREHENSION. In practice. The seizure, taking, or arrest of a person on a criminal charge. The term "apprehension" is applied exclusively to criminal cases, and "arrest" to both criminal and civil cases. In the civil law. A physical or corpo ral act, (corpus,) on the part of one who in tends to acquire possession of a thing, by which he brings himself into such a relation to the thing that he may subject it to his ex clusive control; or by which he obtains the physical ability to exercise his power over the thing whenever he pleases. One of the req uisites to the acquisition of judicial posses sion, and by which, when accompanied by intention, (animus,) possession is acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law, §§ 248, 249, 250. APPRENDRE. A fee or profit taken or received. CowelL APPRENTICE. A person, usually a minor, bound in due form of law to a master, to learn from him his art, trade, or business, and to serve him during the time of his ap prenticeship. 1 Bl. Coram. 426; 2 Kent, Comm. 211; 3 Rawle. 307; 4 Term. 735. APPRENTICE EN LA LEY. Anan cient name for students at law, and after wards applied to counselors, apprentici ad barras, from which comes the more modern word "barrister."

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