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One to whom a thing is assigned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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One to whom a right or property is being transferred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cessionary
Antonyms: none provided
One who is appointed to act or speak in place of another; an agent.
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(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: recipient, receiver, party
From Middle English assigne, from Old French assigné, equivalent to assign + -ee.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
causahavent
— one to whom a thing is assigned
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Spanish:
asignado
— one to whom a thing is assigned
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Turkish:
görevlendirilen
— one to whom a thing is assigned
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Arabic:
وَكِيل
(wakīl)
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Catalan:
causahavent
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Catalan:
drethavent
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Catalan:
cessionari
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Dutch:
cessionaris
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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French:
cessionnaire
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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French:
ayant-droit
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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German:
Zessionar
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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German:
Abtretungsempfänger
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Italian:
cessionario
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Polish:
nabywcy
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Polish:
cesjonariusza
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Portuguese:
cessionário
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Russian:
цессионе́р
(cessionér)
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Serbo-Croatian:
цесио̀на̄р
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Serbo-Croatian:
cesiònār
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Spanish:
causahabiente
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Spanish:
derechohabiente
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Turkish:
temlik alan
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Welsh:
aseinai
— law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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Arabic:
وَكِيل
(wakīl)
— an agent
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German:
Bevollmächtigter
— an agent
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German:
Bevollmächtigte
— an agent
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Russian:
пове́ренный
(povérennyj)
— an agent
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Russian:
дове́ренный
(dovérennyj)
— an agent
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Serbo-Croatian:
повјерѐнӣк
— an agent
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Serbo-Croatian:
поверѐнӣк
— an agent
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Serbo-Croatian:
povjerènīk
— an agent
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Serbo-Croatian:
poverènīk
— an agent
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Turkish:
vekil
— an agent