Crossword clues for allottee
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allottee \Al*lot`tee"\, n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.
Wiktionary
n. The person to whom an allotment is allotted.
Usage examples of "allottee".
An act authorizing suit against allottees of Indian property as a class, for the value of services in securing the allotments, which provided for notice upon the governor of the tribe and designated the Attorney General to defend the suit, was consonant with due process.
Fifth Amendment, in view of the Atoka Agreement, embodied in the Curtis Act of June 28, 1898, providing tax-exemption for allotted lands while title in original allottee, not exceeding 21 years.
Hence it was held that certain Indian allottees under an agreement according to which, in part consideration of their relinquishment of all their claim to tribal property, they were to receive in severalty allotments of lands which were to be nontaxable for a specified period, acquired vested rights of exemption from State taxation which were protected by the Fifth Amendment against abrogation by Congress.