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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Assignment

/əs-īn'-mənt/ · As·sign·ment · IPA /əˈsaɪn.mənt/
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.
  1. 1.
    An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
  2. 2.
    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.