designation
Defined in 7 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
United States Code
16 U.S.C. § 470A — for the purposes of this section
“designation” means the identification and registration of properties for protection that meet criteria established by the State or the locality for significant historic and prehistoric resources within the jurisdiction of a local government; and
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The expression used by a testator to denote a person or thing, Instead of the name itself. A bequest of the farm which the testator bought of a person named, or of a picture which he owns, painted by a certain artist, would be a designation of the thing. A legacy " to the eldest son" of A. would be a designation of the person. See 1 Rop. Leg. c. 2.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The expression used by a testator to denote a person or thing stead of the name i A bequest of the farm which the testator bought of a person named, or of a picture Which he owns, painted by a certain artist, would be a designation of the thing.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A description or deseriptive expression by which a person or thing is denoted in a will without using the names
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
wills, is the expression used by a testator instead of the name of the person or the of such a person, would be a desig nation of the legatee. Vide 1 Rop- Leg. ch. 2. A bequest of the farm which the testator bought of such a person; or of the picture he owns painted by such an artist, would be a designation of the thing devised or bequeathed.