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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 782 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE

ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE (from See also:

Lat. assignare, to See also:

mark out), terms which, as derivatives of the verb " to assign," are of frequent technical use in See also:

law. To assign is to make over, and the See also:

TERM

term is generally used to See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express a transference by See also:

writing, in contradistinction to a transference by actual delivery. In See also:

England the usual expression is assignment, in See also:

Scotland it is assignation. The See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person making over is called the assignor or cedent; the recipient, the assign or assignee. An assignee may be such either by See also:

DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed, as when a lessee assigns his See also:

LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease to another, or in law, as when See also:

PROPERTY

property devolves upon an executor. The law as to assignment in connexion with each particular subject, as the assignment of a See also:

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose in See also:

ACTION

action, assignment in See also:

contract, of See also:

DOWER (through the Old Fr. douaire from late Lat. dotarium, classical Lat. dos, dowry)

dower, of errors, of a lease, &c., will be found under the respective headings. In a colloquial sense, " assignation " means a secretly contrived See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting between lovers.

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