Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
al·lo·ca·turPronunciation:
"a-lO-'kA-t&r, "ä-lO-'kä-turFunction:
nounEtymology: Medieval Latin, it is allowed
: permission to appeal
allocatur in order to determine whether the lower courts were in error —City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth, 653 Atlantic Reporter, Second Series 1210 (1995)> —used primarily in Pennsylvania