Legal Term: TO ASSIGN

Definition: contracts, practice. 1. To make a right over to another, as to assign an estate, an annuity, a bond, &c., over to another. 5 John. Rep: 391. 2. To appoint, as, to appoint a deputy,, &c. Justices are also said to be -assigned to keep the peace. 3. To set forth or point out, as, to " assign errors," to show where the error is committed, or to assign false judgment, to show wherein it was unjust. F. N. B. 19.

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