01 n. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
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An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
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A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Assignment of dower —
the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.