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allottee
[ uh-lot-ee ]
noun
- a person or company that is allotted a share or portion of something, especially land, money, or corporate shares:
Despite the plea bargain with the owners of the Housing Society, not a single penny of the settlement has yet been distributed among the allottees.
- U.S. one of the Indigenous owners of land on a reservation, or the legal heir of such a person:
Conversations continue with the Navajo allottees to protect their rights to develop their lands as they see fit.
allottee
/ əlɒtˈiː /
noun
- a person to whom something is allotted
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Upon the death of one leader another was elected, so upon the death of the allottee of a piece of land it reverted to the state.
From Project Gutenberg
But Mr. Goudy is not the only allottee to suffer by this "past-all-understanding" methods of the Indian Service.
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Let the allottee then hold his lot upon the conditions which we have mentioned.
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