Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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ASSIGNOR. One who makes an assign ment of any kind; one who assigns or trans fers property. ASSIGNS. Assignees; those to whom property shall have been transferred. Now seldom used except in the phrase, in deeds, "heirs, administrators, and assigns." 8 R. 1.36. ASSISA. In old English and Scotch law. An assise; a kind of jury or inquest; a writ; a sitting of a court; an ordinance or statute; a fixed or specific time, number, quantity, quality, price, or weight; a tribute, fine, or tax; a real action; the name of a writ. See ASSISE. ASSISA ARMORUM. Assise of arms. A statute or ordinance requiring the keep ing of arms for the common defense. Hale, Com. Law, c. 11. ASSISA CADERE. To fail in the assise; i. e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402. ASSISA CADIT IN JURATUM. The assise falls (turns) into a jury; hence to sub mit a controversy to trial by jury. ASSISA CONTINUANDA. An ancient writ addressed to the justices of assise for the continuation of a cause, when certain facts put in issue could not have been proved in time by the party alleging them. Beg. Orig. 217. ASSISA DE CLARENDON. The as sise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed in the tenth year of Henry II., by which those that were accused of any heinous crime, and not able to purge themselves, but must abjuie the realm, had liberty of forty days to stay and try what succor they could get of their friends towards their sustenance in exile. Bract, fol. 136; Co. Litt. 159a; Cowell. ASSISA DE FORESTA. Assise of the forest; a statute concerning orders to be ob served in the royal forests. ASSISA DE MENSUBIS. Assise of measures. A common rule for weights and measures, established throughout England by Richard I., in the eighth year of his reign. Hale, Com. Law, c. 7. ASSISA DE NOCUMENTO. An as sise of nuisance; a writ to abate or redress » nuisance.

transfer of property, as distinguished from a transfer by mere delivery. 2. In a narrower sense, the transfer or mak ing over of the estate, right, or title which one has in lands and tenements; and, in an especially technical sense, the transfer of the unexpired residue of a term or estate for life or years. Assignment does not include testamentary trans fers. The idea of an assignment is essentially that of a transfer by one existing party to another ex isting party of some species of property or valua ble interest, except in the case of an executor. 34 N. Y. 447. 8. A transfer or making over by a debtor of all his property and effects to one or more assignees in trust for the benefit of his cred itors. 2 Story, Eq. Jur. § 1036. 4. The instrument or writing by which such a transfer of property is made. 5. A transfer of a bill, note, or check, not negotiable. 6. In bankruptcy proceedings, the word designates the setting over or tiansfer of the bankrupt's estate to the assignee. ASSIGNMENT FOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS. An assignment whereby a debtor, generally an insolvent, transfers to another his property, in trust to pay his debts or apply the property upon their payment ASSIGNMENT OF DOWER. Ascer taining a widow's right of dower by laying out or marking off one-thiid of her deceased husband's lands, and setting off the same for her use during life. ASSIGNMENT OF ERRORS. In practice. The statement of the plaintiff's case on a writ of error, setting forth the er rors complained of; corresponding with the declaration in an ordinary action. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1168; 3 Steph. Comm. 644. There is not, in the strict common-law sense of the term, any assignment of errors required to be filed by the appellant. What is meant by the term, as heretofore used by this court, is that a specifi cation must be filed of the errors upon which the appellant will rely, with such fullness as to give aid to the court in the examination of the tran script. 10 Cal. 298. ASSIGNMENT WITH PREFER ENCES. An assignment for the benefit of creditors, with directions to the assignee to prefer a specified creditor or class of credit ors, by paying their claims in full before the others receive any dividend, or in some other manner. More usually termed a "preferen tial assignment."

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