allocatur

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noun In law, the allowance of something by a judge or court: commonly used to signify the indorsement of a document, by which the judge certifies that it is approved by him.

noun (Law) “Allowed.” The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

noun law The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Latin, it is allowed, from allocare to allow.

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America, and british Liberties into the Bargain -- sed Non allocatur.

John Adams diary 20, 28 February - 25 June 1774 1961
Comiti de Lyndsey allocetur, exercendum prædicto die Coronationis; et quod clameum prædicti Comitis Derbiæ non allocetur; sed quoad feoda et vadia per dictum Comitem de Lyndsey clamata, clameum ejus quoad poculum de Assay non allocatur, eo quod non constabat prædictis commissionariis Magnum Angliæ Camerarium dictum poculum aliquâ precedenti coronatione habuisse.

Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip
The Superior Court's decision in Nelson was a non-precedential decision, so the Supreme Court's decision to deny allocatur to the plaintiffs leaves the Superior Court's and the trial court's reasoning in

Law.com - Newswire 2010
'Sed non allocatur; for it Ihall be clearly intended.

Reports of Sir George Croke, knight. Formerly one of the justices of the courts of Kings-bench, and common-pleas, of such select cases as were adjudged in the said courts [1582-1641] 1790
Sed non allocatur; for the plaintiffs having declared upon the whole matter, and having

Reports of Sir George Croke, knight. Formerly one of the justices of the courts of Kings-bench, and common-pleas, of such select cases as were adjudged in the said courts [1582-1641] 1790