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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 1.6 [wn]:
assignee
n : the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to
whom a right or property is legally transferred)
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