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Equitable assignment

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

An assignment which, though invalid at law, will be recognized and enforced in equity ; e. g., an assignment of a chose in action, or of future acquisitions of the assignor.

Holmes v. Evans, 129 N. Y. 140, 29 N. E. 233; Story v. Hull, 148 111. "506, 32 N. E. 265; First Nat. Bank v. Coates (C. Ct) 8 Fed. 542.

As to equitable "Assets," "Co.nstruction," "Conversion," "Defense," "Basement," "Ejectment," "Election," "Estate," "Estoppel," "Execution," "Garnishment," "Levy," "Lien," "Mortgage," "Title," and "Waste," see those titles.