A legal term (archaic) indicating permission or authorization for something to proceed, historically used in official documents and court proceedings.
From Latin 'allocari' (to allow/approve), a formal legal Latin phrase used in medieval and early modern English legal documents. The word represents a remnant of Latin's once-dominant role in English law.
Old legal documents are full of Latin terms like 'allocatur' because lawyers wanted to make things sound official and binding—Latin gave law its powerful, unchangeable feeling!
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