ASSIGNEE ASSIGNATION See also:

• ASSIGNEE ASSIGNATION ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT  (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. assignare, to See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

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

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

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
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

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

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the usual expression is See also:

• ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE

assignment, in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

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
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

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 .