allotment

allotment, n.

1. A share or portion of something, such as property previously held in common or shares in a cor-poration, or time assigned to speakers or sides in a deliberative assembly. [Cases: Common Lands 14. C.J.S. Common Lands §§ 17–19.]

2. In American Indian law, the selection of specific land awarded to an individual allottee from a common holding. [Cases: Indians 13. C.J.S. Indians §§ 82, 84.] — allot, vb.

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