An act or instance of appropriating.
The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
That which is appropriated.
Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
The act by which something is taken.
A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
Alluring; attractive.