To make one’s self fit or pre-pared to exercise a right, office, or franchise. To take the steps necessary to prepare one’s self for an office or appointment, as by tak-lng oath, glvlng bond, etc. Pub. St. Mass, p. 1294; Archer v. State, 74 Md. 443, 22 Atl. 8, 28 Am. St. Rep. 261; Hale v. Salter, 25 La. Ann. 324; State v. Albert, 55 Kan. 154, 40 Pac. 286
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
