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ALLOCATION

Volume 2 · 51 words · 1842 Edition

ALLOCATION denotes the admitting or allowing of an article of an account, especially in the exchequer. Hence

Allocatione Facienda is a writ directed to the lord treasurer, or barons of the exchequer, commanding them to allow an accountant such sums as he has lawfully expended in the execution of his office.