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Assignatns

Defined in 1 dictionary — Kinney (1893)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In old English law. An assignee, or assign. A person assigned or appointed to a particular duty. Assignatas ntitur jure aoctoris: an assignee uses the right of Iiis principal; an assignee is clothed with the rights of his principal.

In the civil law. A person assigned or set over to another; as, a freed man to a particular child.