ASSIGNEE ASSIGNATION

ASSIGNMENT  (from Lat. assignare, to mark out), terms which, as derivatives of the verb " to assign," are of frequent technical use in law . To assign is to make over, and the term is generally used to express a transference by writing, in contradistinction to a transference by actual delivery . In England the usual expression is assignment, in Scotland it is assignation . The person making over is called the assignor or cedent; the recipient, the assign or assignee . An assignee may be such either by deed, as when a lessee assigns his lease to another, or in law, as when property devolves upon an executor . The law as to assignment in connexion with each particular subject, as the assignment of a chose in action, assignment in contract, of dower, of errors, of a lease, &c., will be found under the respective headings . In a colloquial sense, " assignation " means a secretly contrived meeting between lovers .