General assignment
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An assignment of all one’s property for the benefit of his creditors; it necessarily Includes an assignee who shall by the terms of the Instrument, or as an inference from those terms, take as a trustee for the creditors. Tompkins v. Bank, 18 N. Y. Supp. 234. See Assignment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An assignment made for the benefit of all the assignor's creditors, instead of a few only; or one which transfers the whole of his estate to the assignee, instead of a part only. Royer Wheel Co. v. Fielding, 101 N. Y 504, 5 N. E. 431; Halsey v. Co.nnell, 111 Ala. 221. 20 South. 445; Mussey v. Noyes, 26 Vt. 471,
Defined under Assignment in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An assignment made for the benefit of ald the assignor’s creditors, instead of a few only; or one which transfers the whole of his estate to the assigaee, instead of a part only.