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What is ASSIGNMENT

In contracts. 1. The act by which one person transfers to another, or causes to vest in that other, the whole of the right, interest, or property which he has in any realty or personalty , in possession or in action, or any share, interest, or subsidiary estate therein. Seventh Nat. Bank v. Iron Co. (C. C.) 35 Fed. 440; Haug v. Riley, 101 Ga. 372, 29 S. E. 44, 40 L It A. 244. More particularly, a written transfer of property, as distinguished from a transfer by mere delivery. 2. In a narrower sense, the transfer or making over of the estate, right, or title which one has in lands and tenements; and, in an especially technical sense, the transfer of the unexpired residue of a term or estate for life or years. Assignment does not include testamentary transfers. The idea of an assignment is essentially that of a transfer by one existing party to another existing party of some species of property or valuable interest, except in the case of an executor. Ilight v. Sackett, 34 N. Y. 447. 3. A transfer or making over by a debtor of all his property and effects to one or more assignees in trust for the benefit of his creditors. 2 Story, Eq. Jur.

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Definition of assignment

task , duty , job , chore , stint , assignment mean a piece of work to be done.

task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance.

duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.

job applies to a piece of work voluntarily performed; it may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance.

chore implies a minor routine activity necessary for maintaining a household or farm.

stint implies a carefully allotted or measured quantity of assigned work or service.

assignment implies a definite limited task assigned by one in authority.

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The making or spreading of defamatory statements about another person, typically of a scandalous, vulgar and denigrating nature, with the intention of damaging the victim’s reputation. Slanderous of defamatory statements that are intended to be malicious in nature.

A fee (such as a “ filing fee “) which may be imposed upon a litigant in order begin a lawsuit or start a legal dispute resolution case. The fee may represent covering administrative costs.

In India this can refer to stamps that may be attached to court documents which instruct the payment of fees. It may also refer to collections matters.

See also “ Court Costs “.

Latin meaning literally “it is known from its associates.” A word whose meaning is uncertain, questionable or doubtful can be understood and defined by its association with surrounding words and its context. This concept is frequently used in canons of construction or interpreting and understanding the meaning of the words in a legal statute, ordinance or law.

Example of Noscitur A Sociis

A law required that explosives must be held within a “case or canister.” The matter before the court involved a defendant who used a bag made of cloth. By reading words that appear around the statute and from a discussion of the matter by legislature, it became clear that the intent of legislature was that the container for carrying should be at least as strong the canister. See Foster v Diphwys Casson (1887) 18 QBD 428.

The “actual malice” defines the level of proof needed to establish a libel case for defamatory statements made regarding public figures or public officials. Actual Malice requires intent or reckless disregard for the truth – “knowledge that the information was false” or published “with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Reckless disregard for the truth requires more than negligence and failure to follow up with generally acceptable reporting standards. It also requires a belief that the statements made were reasonably false. The actual malice standard is most well known from its use in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan , 376 U.S. 254 (1964), where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public officials who sued a defendant for making defamatory statements needed to prove that the defendants made them with actual malice in order to succeed in a libel lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court gave this case Constitutional importance by highlighting the extent of First Amendment rights of free speech and the power of the press.

Excerpt from New York Times v. Sullivan

We are required in this case to determine for the first time the extent to which the constitutional protections for speech and press limit

Generally the upper or top interior surface of a room or area. In contract law a ceiling is usually intended to refer to a highest price or level to occur under an agreement. See also “ floor ” referring to the lowest or bottom price or level of a contractual agreement.

An action taken to cure or fix a legal defect. For example, under the Code of Federal Regulations (25 CFR 150.7 – Curative action to correct title defects) which deals with real estate law. The Land Titles and Records Office can initiate an action to “cure” or fix defects in the record which are discovered during the recording of title documents or examination of titles. See also “ curative “.

The Zubulake Factors are used by a court to determine whether cost shifting is appropriate to shift the burden of costs of compliance with an electronic discovery request from the receiving party to the requesting party. (See Federal Rule 26(b)(2) more specifically.) The factors are the product of a series of decisions in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC , 216 F.R.D. 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) and which are often referred to by number, including specifically Zubulake I, 217 F.R.D. at 322 and Zubulake III, 216 F.R.D. at 284.

• The extent to which the request is specifically tailored to discover relevant information;
• The availability of such information from other sources;
• The total costs of production compared to the amount in controversy;
• The total costs of production, compared to the resources available to each party;
• The relative ability of each party to control costs and its incentive to do so;
• The importance of the issues at stake in the litigation; and
• The relative benefits to the parties of obtaining the information.

The first two factors are also known as the “Marginal Utility Test” which concerns the necessity of requiring the receiving party to provide the requested electronic evidence and whether it may be more easily available via alternatives. The middle three are known as the “cost

Shifting fees to be paid by one party to another party. Typically it refers to the action of a court awarding legal costs associated with something from one party to another. For example, a court may award legal costs of the successful party to a lawsuit upon the losing party to the lawsuit (so that the losing party must pay both its own legal costs as well as the attorneys’ fees and costs of the winning party.) S ee also “ cost shifting ” – often used concerning legal issues surrounding electronic evidence and discovery.  

When a court imposes or shifts the costs associated with legal compliance from one party to another. A good example of cost shifting occurs with electronic evidence and electronic discovery compliance. The general presumption under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is that the party responding to a request for electronic discovery will bear the costs of compliance with the request. (A receiving party receives a subpoena to provide e-mails to the requesting party.) However, a court can shift the costs associated with the electronic discovery request from the receiving party to the requesting party if the discovery does not pass the Federal Rule Federal Rule 26(b)(2) proportionality test (which includes the “ Zubulake Factors “).

See also “ fee shifting “.

Cyberstalking is the use of electronic or online communications technology to stalk, harass or intimidate another person or party. Most frequently it is used in reference to activities on the Internet or via mobile telecommunications networks. Cyberstalking activities may include threats or may just constitute monitoring of another without their knowledge and consent. It may also include defamatory statements or accusations and is frequently a means of a stalker intending to unduly influence, intimidate or control the victim.

Cyberstalking is a criminal offense under various state statutes which can include stalking, slander and harassment laws. Some states have specifically enacted Cyberstalking laws, such as Florida 784.048(d) which defines the term as follows:

“Cyberstalk” means to engage in a course of conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated, words, images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic communication, directed at a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that person and serving no legitimate purpose.

To insert between two parts, to introduce an obstacle. In legal parlance it usually means to file something so that it stands as an obstacle to something else being accomplished (usually by an adversary.) For example to “ interpose a claim” or to  interpose an objection, which would then stand in the way of the first motion from being accomplished. Also common is to “ interpose a defense.”

In compliance or accord with existing laws and regulations (the statutes) – adherence to and compliance with the letter of the law. Popular examples of statutory compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA laws in the United States.

Latin meaning “universal thing.” Something that is shared with and owned by the community for public purposes and cannot be acquired by any individual or private entity. It has been understood to also mean something in the “ public domain “. It may also refer to something shared with and owned by a specific community of which all members can freely use independently.

Conducting a trial in the absence of a party. Trial “ in absentia ” typically refers to a criminal proceeding in a court of law in which the defendant is not physically present to present a defense and testify on behalf of one’s self. In many jurisdictions the concept of “trial in absentia” is understood to refer to a defendant’s right to be present in a courtroom during criminal proceedings or a criminal trial. Such a conviction where a defendant is not present to defend and answer charges in person may be considered a violation of the principles of natural justice and notions of fair play.

Latin meaning “absence”. Usually used in terms such as “ in absentia ” or in the absence of the physical presence of a party. See also “ death in absentia ” and “ trial in absentia “.

The declaration of someone’s death in absence of their physical dead body, corpse or skeletal remains. One who is presumed dead. “ In absentia ” is Latin for the term “in absence”.

Such a declaration may be made when a person is missing for an extended period of time and the evidence overwhelmingly supports the belief that the person has perished. For example, ticketed and verified passengers aboard an airplane that has crashed. Jurisdictions vary with regard to the length of time and procedure for legally declaring someone dead in absentia or “ death in absentia “.

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• It was a jammy assignment - more of a holiday really.
• He took this award-winning photograph while on assignment in the Middle East .
• His two-year assignment to the Mexico office starts in September .
• She first visited Norway on assignment for the winter Olympics ten years ago.
• He fell in love with the area after being there on assignment for National Geographic in the 1950s.
• act as something
• all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
• be at work idiom
• be in work idiom
• housekeeping
• in the line of duty idiom
• undertaking

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Definition of assignment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• Students are required to complete all homework assignments.
• You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
• a business/special assignment
• I had set myself a tough assignment.
• on an assignment She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers.
• on assignment one of our reporters on assignment in China
• The students handed in their assignments.
• The teacher gave us an assignment on pollution.
• Why did you take on this assignment if you're so busy?
• He refused to accept the assignment.
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What is ASSIGNMENT? Definition of ASSIGNMENT in Black's Law Dictionary

A transfer or making over to another of the whole of any property, real or personal, in possession or in action, or of any estate or right therein. Bostrom v. Bostrom, 60 N.D. 792, 236 N.W. 732, 734. It includes transfers of all kinds of property, Higgins v. Monckton, 28 Cal.App.2d 723, 83 P.2d 516, 519. But is ordinarily limited to transfers of choses in action and to rights in or connected with property, as distinguished from the particular item of property. In re Beffa's Estate, 54 Cal.App. 186, 201 P. 616, 617. It is generally appropriate to the transfer of equitable interests. Kavanaugh v. Cohoes Power & Light Corporation, 187 N.Y.S. 216, 228, 114 Misc. 590.

To constitute valid "assignment," there must be perfected transaction between parties intended to vest in assignee present right in thing assigned. In re Lynch's Estate, 272 N.Y.S. 79, 85, 151 Misc. 549. It is contract, and is subject to same requisites as to validity as other contracts, such as proper parties, mutual assent, consideration, and legal subject-matter. Hutsell v. Citizens' Nat. Bank, 166 Tenn. 598, 64 S.W.2d 188.

The transfer of the interest one has in lands and tenements; more particularly applied to the unexpired residue of a term or estate for life or years; Cruise, Dig. tit. xxxii. (Deed) c. vii, § 15; 1 Steph.Com. 507.

The distinction between an "assignment" and a "sublease" is that an assignment transfers the entire unexpired term. Sandford v. Ambassador Restaurant Co., 247 N.Y.S. 655, 657, 139 Misc. 3.

The deed by which the transfer is made. Humphrey v. Coquillard Wagon Works, 37 Okl. 714, 132 P. 899, 902, 49 L.R.A.,N.S., 600.

A transfer of the title to a bill, note, or check.

An assignment at common law differs from an indorsement in that by an assignment the assignor passed title to the assignee but did not subject himself to any contractual liability, whereas an indorser, in addition to passing title, impliedly contracts to pay note at maturity on demand and notice on maker's failure to so do. Johnson v. Beickey, 64 Utah, 43, 228 P. 189, 191.

In patent law, the transfer of the entire interest in a patented invention or of an undivided portion of such entire interest as to every section of the United States. Rob.Pat. § 762. It differs from grant in relation to the territorial area to which they relate. A grant is the transfer of the exclusive right in a specific part of the United States. It is an exclusive sectional right. A license is a transfer of a less or different interest than either the interest in a whole patent or an undivided part of such whole interest or an exclusive sectional interest. Littlefield v. Perry, 21 Wall. 205, 22 L.Ed. 577.

A license is distinguished from an assignment and a grant in that the latter transfers the monopoly as well as the invention, while a license transfers only the invention and does not affect the monopoly otherwise than by estopping the licensor from exercising his prohibitory powers in derogation of the privileges conferred by him upon the licensee. Rob. Pat. § 806. See Pope Mfg. Co. v. Mfg. Co., 144 U.S. 248, 12 S.Ct. 641, 36 L.Ed. 423.

• Assignment for benefit of creditors. An assignment in trust made by insolvent and other debtors for the payment of their debts. These are usually regulated by state statutes. Woodard v. Morrissey, 115 Kan. 511, 223 P. 306, 307.

The distinctive test between an "assignment" and a sale, where another creditor is to be paid off, is that in the former case such other creditor is to receive some of the property or its proceeds, and in the latter the creditor to whom title is passed takes for himself the whole property, stipulating to pay the other creditor out of his own means and not out of the property or its proceeds. Silver & Goldstein v. Chapman, 163 Ga. 604, 136 S.E. 914, 919.

• Assignment of account. Transfer to assignee giving him a right to have moneys when collected applied to payment of his debt. Nanny v. H. E. Pogue Distillery Co., 56 Cal.App.2d 817, 133 P.2d 686, 688.
• Assignment of dower. The act by which the share of a widow in her deceased husband's real estate is ascertained and set apart to her. Bettis v. McNider, 137 Ala. 588, 34 So. 813, 97 Am.St.Rep. 59.
• Assignment of error. See Error.
• Assignment pro tanto. Where an order is drawn upon a third party and made - payable out of a particular fund then due or to become due to the drawer, the delivery of the order to the payee operates as an assignment pro tanto of the fund. Doyle v. East New York Say. Bank, 44 N.Y.S.2d 318, 323.

Under Mechanics' Lien Law a workman or materialman who serves on owner a stop notice becomes an assignee pro tanto of debt due from owner to contractor. Commonwealth Roofing Co. v. Riccio, 81 N.J.Eq. 486, 87 A. 114, 115.

Check drawn on a bank operates as an assignment pro tanto of depositor's funds in favor of holder. Nat. Bank of America v. Indiana Banking Co., 114 Ill. 483, 2 N.E. 401.

• Assignment with preferences. An assignment for the benefit of creditors, with directions to the assignee to prefer a specified creditor or class of creditors, by paying their claims in full before the others receive any dividend, or in some other manner. More usually termed a "preferential assignment."
• Foreign assignment. An assignment made in a foreign country, or in another state. 2 Kent, Comm. 405, et seq.
• General assignment. An assignment made for the benefit of all the assignor's creditors, instead of a few only; or one which transfers the whole of his estate to the assignee, instead of a part only. Royer Wheel Co. v. Fielding, 101 N.Y. 504, 5 N.E. 431.
• Voluntary assignment. An assignment for the benefit of his creditors made by a debtor voluntarily; as distinguished from a compulsory assignment which takes place by operation of law in proceedings in bankruptcy or insolvency. Presumably it means an assignment of a debtor's property in trust to pay his debts generally, in distinction from a transfer of property to a particular creditor in payment of his demand, or to a conveyance by way of collateral security or mortgage. Dias v. Bouchaud, 10 Paige (N.Y.) 445.

That's the definition of ASSIGNMENT in Black's Law Dictionary - Courtesy of Cekhukum.com .

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