allocatur
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
noun
Permission for an appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Example Sentences
- "The taxing-masters had done their work like any respectable gunsmith conscientiously preparing the musket, that, duly pointed by a brave arm, will spoil a life or two. Allocaturs, filing of bills in Chancery, decrees of sale, are legal chain-shot or bomb-shells that can never hit a solitary mark, but must fall with widespread shattering."