TO ASSIGN, contracts; practice. 1. To make a right over to another; as to
assign an estate, an annuity, a bond, &c., over to another. 5 John. Rep:
391. 2. To appoint; as, to appoint a deputy,, &c. Justices are also said to
be assigned to keep the peace. 3. To set forth or point out; as, to "assign
errors," to show where the error is committed; or to assign false judgment,
to show wherein it was unjust. F. N. B. 19.