See also:

• ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to divide by lot)

ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot)  , the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of allotting; a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share or portion assigned . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, the See also:

• TERM

term denotes a portion of See also:

• LAND

land assigned on See also:

• PARTITION

partition or under an See also:

• INCLOSURE, or ENCLOSURE

inclosure See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award (see See also:

• COMMONS

COMMONS); also a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of land into small portions for cultivation by a labourer or See also:

• ARTISAN, or ARTIZAN

artisan at a small See also:

• RENT

rent (see ALLOTMENTS AND SMALL HOLDINGS) . In See also:

• COMPANY

company See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, " See also:

• ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to divide by lot)

allotment " is the See also:

• APPROPRIATION (from Lat. appropriare, to set aside)

appropriation to an applicant by a See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution of the See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors of a certain number of shares in response to an application . The document sent to such an applicant, which announces the number of shares assigned and concludes the See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract, is called a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of allotment or allotment certificate . A letter of allotment in England requires a sixpenny See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp if the value of the shares amounts to £5 or over, and a See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny stamp if less than £5 . (See COMPANY.) Allotment See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note is a See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing by aseaman authorizing his employers to make an allotment of See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages, while he is on a voyage, in favour either of a " near " relative (wife, See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• MOTHER

mother, grandfather, grandmother, See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, grandchild, See also:

• BROTHER

brother or See also:

• SISTER

sister of the See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman), or of a savings See also:

• BANK

bank . Every allotment note must be in a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form sanctioned by the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade .