Legal Definition and Related Resources of Assign
Meaning of Assign
transfer , set over. appoint , allot or designate for a particular purpose.
Assign Alternative Definition
To make or set over to another. Cowell; 2 Bl. Comm. 326; 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 391. To appoint; to select; to allot. 3 Bl. Comm. 58. To set forth; to point out; as, to assign errors. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 19.
Synonyms of Assign
(Allot), verb
- allocate
- apportion
- appropriate
- attribuere
- deal out
- dispense
- distribute
- divide in portions
- dole out
- give out
- mete out
- partition
- portion out
- rent homini adsig nare
- share
- Associated Concepts: assign a cause of action
- assign a chose in action
- assign a lease
- assign over
- assign without recourse
- assignable interest
- assigned counsel
- assigned risk
- sublease
(Designate), verb
- appoint
- ascribe
- attribute
- authorize
- charge
- commission
- commit powers to another
- delegate
- depute
- detail
- empower
- entrust
- invest
- name
- prescribe
- put in commission
- set
- specify
- foreign phrases: Assignatus utitur jure auctoris
- An assignee is clothed with the right of his principal
(Transfer ownership), verb
- abalienate
- alienate
- commit to another’s trust
- consign
- convey
- deliver
- devolve upon
- dispose of
- endorse over
- entrust
- grant
- make over to another
- negotiate
- refer
- release
- relegate
- sign over
- surrender to another
- transfer to another
- transmit
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- Nombrar
- Designar
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Concept of Assign in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Assign: To transfer property, or an interest in property.
Concept of Assign in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Assign: To transfer property, or an interest in property.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Assign
(You may find assign at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
c. 1300, “to transfer, convey, bequeath (property); appoint (to someone a task to be done); order, direct (someone to do something); fix, settle, determine; appoint or set (a time); indicate, point out,” from Old French assiginer “assign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot” (13c.), from Latin assignare/adsignare “to mark out, to allot by sign, assign, award,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + signare “make a sign,” from signum “identifying mark, sign” (see sign; this term is also a noun.). Original use was in legal transferences of personal property. Related: Assigned; assigning.
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