Assignee

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assignee \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.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "assignee":
     agent, allottee, almsman, almswoman, annuitant, appointee, assign,
     attorney, beneficiary, candidate, deputy, devisee, donee, factor,
     feoffee, grantee, legatary, legatee, licensee, nominee, patentee,
     pensionary, pensioner, proxy, selectee, stipendiary