assignment of a claim

  • 1assignment — as·sign·ment n 1: the act of assigning 2 a: a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b: a task assigned 3: a present transfer of property or rights absolute assignment: an assignment in which the transfer is complete and leaves the… …

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  • 2assignment of error — assignment of error: a declaration by a party to a legal action specifying the errors made by the court during the trial that the party seeks to have corrected (as by a new trial) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996.… …

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  • 3assignment — [ə sīn′mənt] n. 1. an assigning or being assigned; appointment; allotment 2. anything assigned or allotted, as a lesson, task, etc. 3. Law a) a transfer of a claim, right, property, etc. b) an instrument, as a deed, authorizing this SYN. TASK …

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  • 4Assignment (law) — Contract law Part …

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  • 5ASSIGNMENT (OF DEBT) — History and Development Basically, Jewish law did not recognize the concept whereby personal rights or obligations (whether arising from contract or from a liability for damages in tort) could be legally assigned, either by the creditor or the… …

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  • 6parol assignment — An assignment of a claim, right, or chose in action made without a writing. 6 Am J2d Assign § 84 …

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  • 7Sex assignment — refers to the assigning (naming) of the biological sex at the birth of a baby.[1] In the majority of births, a relative, midwife, or physician inspects the genitalia when the baby is delivered, sees ordinary male or female genitalia, and declares …

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  • 8partial assignment — An assignment by a debtor of a part of his property for the benefit of creditors. 6 Am J2d Assign § 39. The splitting of an entire claim or debt arising out of a single transaction and making a part of the claim or debt the subject of an… …

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  • 9Designated for assignment — is a contractual term used in Major League Baseball. When a player is designated for assignment, he is immediately removed from the club s 40 man roster. This gives the club 10 days to decide what to do with the player while freeing up a roster… …

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  • 10Intersexuality — is the state of a living thing of a gonochoristic species whose sex chromosomes, genitalia, and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female. An organism with intersex may have biological… …

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