A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
An allocated amount.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
One's fate; lot.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.