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Assignatus

Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)

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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.