Definitions for: Assignee

[n] (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

Webster (1913) Definition: As`sign*ee", n. [F. assign['e], p. p. of assigner.
See Assign, v., and cf. Assign an assignee.] (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 assignee of a bankrupt. See
Assignment
(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.

See Also: party, receiver, recipient

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