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Definition of Assignee
1. Noun. (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred).
Generic synonyms: Receiver, Recipient, Party
Derivative terms: Assign
Definition of Assignee
1. n. A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment
Definition of Assignee
1. Noun. one to whom a thing is assigned ¹
2. Noun. (legal) one to whom rights or property is being transferred ¹
3. Noun. one who is appointed to act or speak in place of another; an agent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assignee
1. one to whom property or right is legally transferred [n -S]
Literary usage of Assignee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Permission was also given to the assignee, and to any creditor of the bankrupt,
if they desired to contest the claim, to attend the proceedings before the ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"AND I DO FURTHER ORDER, That when the assignee or assignees of any bankrupt or
bankrupts shall have become bankrupt, the commissioners named in the ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"AND I DO FURTHER ORDER, That in case an assignee or assignees of any bankrupt or
bankrupts, shall become bankrupt after the date of this my Order, ..."
4. Business Law: A Working Manual of Every-day Law by Thomas Conyngton (1920)
"Rights and Duties of an assignee An assignee should be properly authorized ...
An assignee will not be responsible for the neglect or default of his agents, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"for damages sustained for injuriée committed ал well by the defendant against
the bankrupt before ois bankruptcy, ae also against the assignee, as such, ..."
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