Part 706

<h1>Assign</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sign"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Assignee</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; <as>as, a deed to a man and his heirs and <ex>assigns</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Assignability</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sign`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being assignable.</def>

<h1>Assignable</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sign"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; <as>as, an <ex>assignable</ex> note or bill; an <ex>assignable</ex> reason; an <ex>assignable</ex> quantity.</as></def>

<h1>Assignat</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As`si`gnat"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>assignat</ets>, fr. L. <ets>assignatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>assignare</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.</def>

<h1>Assignation</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As`sig*na"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assignatio</ets>, fr. <ets>assignare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>assignation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.</def>

<blockquote>This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and <b>assignation</b> of those provinces. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.</def>

<blockquote>While nymphs take treats, or <b>assignations</b> give. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A making over by transfer of title; assignment.</def>

<cs><col>House of assignation</col>, <cd>a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.</cd></cs>

<h1>Assignee</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As`sign*ee"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>assign\'82</ets>, p. p. of <ets>assigner</ets>. See <er>Assign</er>, <ets>v</ets>., and cf. <er>Assign</er> an assignee.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; <as>as, an <ex>assignee</ex> of a bankrupt</as>. See <er>Assignment</er> <sd>(c)</sd>. An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor.</def> <i>Cowell</i>. <i>Blount</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.</def>

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<h1>Assigner</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*sign"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.</def>

<h1>Assignment</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*sign"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>assignamentum</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>assenement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The writing by which an interest is transferred.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called <i>assignees</i>, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.</def>

<cs><col>Assignment of dower</col>, <cd>the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Assignment</i> is also used in law as convertible with <i>specification</i>; assignment of error in proceedings for review being specification of error; and assignment of perjury or fraud in indictment being specifications of perjury or fraud.</note>

<h1>Assignor</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As`sign*or"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assignator</ets>. Cf. <er>Assigner</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; <as>as, the <ex>assignor</ex> of a debt or other chose in action</as>.</def>

<h1>Assimilability</h1> <Xpage=92>