TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
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...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
That may be assigned or transferred; transferable; negotiable, as a bill of exchange. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A contract that is assignable. The benefits of the control flow to the party to whom the contract is assigned. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A Scotch law term equivalent to assignment, (g. v.) Assignatus utitur jure anctoris. An assignee is clothed with the rights of his principal. Halk. Max. p. 14; Broom, Max. 465. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Legal maxim and Latin for an assignee / agent is clothed with rights of his assignor / principal. This is the concept of agency law, where an agent is clothed with the authority granted by the principal. … [Read more...]