The phrase "allotment act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions related to legislation concerning the distribution of land or resources, particularly in historical or legal contexts.
Example: "The Allotment Act of 1887 aimed to assimilate Native Americans by allotting them individual plots of land."
Alternatives: "land distribution law" or "land allotment legislation".
If you have an allotment, act before you have to.
The tour aroused sympathy in influential circles, led by such individuals as Edward Everett Hale, Alice Fletcher, Wendell Phillips, and Mary L. Bonney, and eventuated in the passage of the Dawes General Allotment Act in 1887.
Dawes General Allotment Act, also called Dawes Severalty Act, (Feb. 8, 1887), U.S. law providing for the distribution of Indian reservation land among individual tribesmen, with the aim of creating responsible farmers in the white man's image.
Both Canada's Indian Act of 1876 and the American General Allotment Act of 1887 developed as a long process of shifting from the agreed treaties of previous centuries to the formal colonialism of the 19th century.
He also received credit for two of the more significant measures enacted by the federal government in the 1880s: the Interstate Commerce Act (1887), which established the Interstate Commerce Commission, the first regulatory agency in the United States, and the Dawes General Allotment Act (1887), which redistributed Indian reservation land to individual tribe members.
Her tireless championing of Native American welfare together with that of Mary Bonney and others was instrumental in the passage of the Dawes General Allotment Act (1887), which further apportioned remaining tribal lands and provided for eventual citizenship for Native Americans.
In 1887 the first of several Allotment Acts obliged town and parish councils to provide land for people to grow food, and allotments helped Britons through wartime food shortages later.
A succession of smallholding and allotment acts placed a duty on local authorities to provide land according to demand, enabling the allotment movement to mature into something resembling its present status.
■ In 1908 the Small Holdings and Allotments Act placed a duty on local authorities to provide sufficient allotments, according to demand.
The Allotments Act 1922 has a general prohibition on any "trade or business" being conducted on an allotment.
Under the Allotments Act 1925, councils can only develop statutorily protected allotment land with the permission of the secretary of state, and only if strict criteria are met.
