APT

Fit; suitable; appropriate. -Apt time. Apt time sometimes depends upon la,pse of time; a!t, where a thing is required to be done at the first terro., or within a given time, it cannot be done afterwards. But the phrase more usually refers to the order of proceedings, as fit or suitable. Pugh v. York, ·74 N. C. 383.-Apt words. Words proper to produce the legal effect for which they are intend• ed; sound technical phrases. [s. 88]