Assignee

(and formerly,) ASSIGN. [L. Fr. assigne; L. Lat assignahis; Scotch, cusigny.'] A person to whom some right or property is assigned, transferred or made over by another; or according to the old definition, " he to whom a thing is appointed or assigned to be used, paid or done." Termes de la ley, Cowell, Assignees are either by deed', or in law. See ir^ra. In old law. A person deputed or appointed by another to do any act, or perform any business. Blount, An assignee, however, was distinguished from a deputy, being said to occupy a thing in his own right, while a deputy acted in right of another. Perkins, t At. Grants. CtmelL Assignee by deed, {in deed or in fact,) is the person to whom some right, title or property is made over, or assigned by another Dy some deed or instrument m writing, which is hence called an assignment, and the party assigning the assignor,* Termes de la ley, Cowell, Assignee in law is the person to whom some right or property is transferred, or upon whom it devolves by the mere opera^ tion of law, and without any express conveyance. Is this-sen^, aa;e^t^tor: is;^eC assignee of tB^1t€^t^r,\an'A($filn{stratoy,,0f«* the mtestate. * l^yh^t 6. ' Bob, 9 6." * Vermes de la ley, Cowell, See Assigns,