Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assignee"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assignee
n : (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone
to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
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