Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Assignment

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Assignment


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(n.) The writing by which an interest is transferred.

(2):

(n.) An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.