Assignatus
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. and L. Lat. [from aasignare, q. v.] An assignee. Taions, PL 28. A person assigned or appointed to a particular duty. Ad placita tenenda assigna- Us; assigned to hold pleas. Reg, Orig. 68 b.
In the civil law. A person assigned or set over to another, as a freedman to a particular child. Inst 3. 9.