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Webster 1913 Edition
Assignee
Asˊsign-ee′
,Noun.
(Law)
(a)
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
. See assignee
of a bankruptAssignment
(c)
. An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell.
Blount.
(b)
pl.
In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assignee
ASSIGNEE'
,Noun.