To draw or drain water from marsh grounds. Cowell. … [Read more...]

To transfer to another the income from an income generating property, usually in order to avoid the receipt of its income which would generate additional tax liability. … [Read more...]

The act by which the rights of a widow, in her deceased husband's real estate, are ascertained and set apart for her benefit. … [Read more...]

To transfer to another, via sale or gift, the legal right or responsibility (usually per a contract) to another. contracts; practice. 1. To make a right over to another; as to assign an estate, an annuity, a bond, over to another. 2. To appoint; as, to appoint a deputy, Justices are also said to be assigned to keep the peace. 3. To set forth or point out; as, to assign errors, … [Read more...]

That may be assigned or transferred; transferable; negotiable, as a bill of exchange. … [Read more...]