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legal assignment — The usual way of assigning the benefit of any debt or other legal thing in action under section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925. Under that section, the basic requirements for a legal assignment are as follows: • Only the benefit of an… … Law dictionary
assignment — as·sign·ment n 1: the act of assigning 2 a: a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b: a task assigned 3: a present transfer of property or rights absolute assignment: an assignment in which the transfer is complete and leaves the… … Law dictionary
assignment — late 14c., order, request, directive, from O.Fr. assignement (legal) assignment (of dower, etc.), from L.L. assignamentum, noun of action from L. assignare (see ASSIGN (Cf. assign)). Meaning appointment to office is mid 15c.; that of a task… … Etymology dictionary
Legal aspects of transsexualism in the United States — Legal aspects of transsexualism in the United States. Contents 1 Birth certificates and marriage 1.1 Laws 1.2 Court cases 2 Passports … Wikipedia
assignment and assumption agreement — USA assignment and assumption agreement, Also called an assignment and assumption. An agreement in which one party transfers its contractual rights and obligations to another party. For forms of assignment and assumption agreements for bank loans … Law dictionary
assignment and assumption — USA assignment and assumption agreement, Also called an assignment and assumption. An agreement in which one party transfers its contractual rights and obligations to another party. For forms of assignment and assumption agreements for bank loans … Law dictionary
assignment for benefit of creditors — A voluntary transfer of a debtor s property into a trust to be used to pay creditors. The trustee collects any income owed the debtor, liquidates the debtor s property that has been transferred to the trust, and uses the money to pay the debtor s … Law dictionary
assignment of error — assignment of error: a declaration by a party to a legal action specifying the errors made by the court during the trial that the party seeks to have corrected (as by a new trial) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996.… … Law dictionary
assignment — assignment, assignation An assignment is an allocation, and in law a legal transfer of a right or property, or the document that effects the transfer. It is also a task or piece of work allotted to a person, in this meaning originating in AmE.… … Modern English usage
assignment by share — index allotment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
