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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. |
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To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out
authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel
for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. |
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To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer
to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of
creditors. |
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A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an
appurtenance. |
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A person to whom property or an interest is transferred;
as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns. |