Assignare.L
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In old practice and conveyancing. To assign; to transfer or make over. Cui terram illam dare vel assignare voluerit; to whom he will give or assign that land. Bract, fol.
17 b.
Id. fol.
18 b.
To assign; to allot, appoint, or designate. Assignavimus vos justitiarios nostros, ad inquirendum; we have assigned you our justices to make inquiry.
Reg. Orig. 123.
Assignavimus — ad itinerandum; we have assigned to itinerate. Bract, fol.
109.
To assign; to mark out, set off, allot or set over, as a widow's dower. Vir dotem dat et constituit, haeres autem tantum dotem assignat; the husband gives and establishes dower, but the heir only assigns it. Bract, fol.
300 b.