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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allocatur \Al`lo*ca"tur\, n. [LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare
     to allow.] (Law)
     "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a
     proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial
     officer.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ALLOCATUR, practice. The allowance of a writ; e. g. when a writ of habeas
  corpus is prayed for, the judge directs it to be done, by writing the word
  allowed and signing his name; this is called the allocator. In the English
  courts this word is used to indicate the master or prothonotary's allowance
  of a sum referred for his consideration, whether touching costs, damages, or
  matter of account. Lee's Dict. h, t.
  
  

















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