When a beneficiary of a contract assigns the benefit to a third party. … [Read more...]

In probate law. Property of a decedent available for the payment of debts and legacies; the estate coming to the heir or personal representative which is chargeable, in law or equity, with the obligations which such heir or representative is required, in his representative capacity, to discharge. In an accurate and legal sense, all the personal property of the deceased which is … [Read more...]

Referring to a court appointed attorney who is assigned to the defendant when the defendant is unable to afford an attorney for his or her defense. … [Read more...]

An affirmation ; a positive assertion; a solemn declaration. This word is seldom, if ever, used for a declaration made under oath, but denotes a declaration accompanied with solemnity or an appeal to conscience. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The proof which a man gives of the truth of what be says, by appealing to his conscience as a witness. It differs from an … [Read more...]

The act by which the plaintiff in error points out the errors in the record of which he complains. 2. The errors should be assigned in distinct terms, such as the defendant in error may plead to; and all the errors of which the plaintiff complains should be assigned. … [Read more...]