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assignatum

Assignatum is a term used in legal and administrative contexts to denote a formal designation or grant of rights, duties, or property to a person or entity by an authorized body.

Etymology: From Latin assignatus, assignatum (neuter), past participle of assignare, used as a noun to denote

In historical documents, assignatum appears in late medieval and early modern Latin as a designation of land,

Modern usage is rare; some legal scholars employ assignatum descriptively to discuss the concept of a formal

See also: assignment, assignor, assignee, designation, delegation.

an
assigned
object
or
act.
privileges,
or
duties.
In
contemporary
scholarship,
it
is
cited
in
discussions
of
Latin
legal
terminology
and
as
a
literary
motif.
grant,
and
in
contract
drafting
the
related
terms
assignment
and
delegation
are
standard.
For
example,
a
will
may
contain
an
assignatum
of
royalties
to
an
heir.