To grant, approve, or permit; as to allow an appeal or a marriage; to allow an account. Also to give a fit portion out of a larger property or fund. Thurman v. Adams. 82 Misa 204, 33 South. 944: Cham-berlaln v. Putnam, 10 S. D. 360, 73 N. W. 201; People v. Gilroy, 82 Hun, 500, 31 N. Y. Supp. 776; Hinds v. Mannolejo, 60 Cal. 231; Straus v. wanamaker, 175 Pa. 213, 34 Atl. 652
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
