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Definition of Assignable
1. Adjective. Legally transferable to the ownership of another. "Negotiable bonds"
Similar to: Alienable
Derivative terms: Assign, Convey, Negotiate, Transferability
Definition of Assignable
1. a. Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.
Definition of Assignable
1. Adjective. Capable of being assigned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assignable
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Assignable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1890)
"Choses in Action assignable by Statute.—In most of the states all ... Estates and
interests in binds and tenements are assignable. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The controversy here is whether an action for personal injuries is assignable.
Appellee contends it is. Numerous authorities are referred ..."
3. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1872)
"Where the right of action is assignable. The provisions of the Code have made no
change in the law of assignments. No authority is given by that act for the ..."
4. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"assignable bilateral contracts. ^If the duties to be performed by a party to an
executory bilateral contract are not of such a personal character that their ..."
5. A Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, and Promissory Notes by John Bayley, William English Barnes (1813)
"Moor drew one Note payable to the Defendant, or his order, and another payable
to him generally, without any words to make it assignable: the Defendant ..."
6. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"17170, holding right of action for tort was not assignable by operation of law
or otherwise; Davis v. St. Louis etc. Ry. Co., 25 Fed. ..."
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