Assignee, Or Assign

Assignee, or Assign, a person appointed by another to do any act or perform any business; also a person who takes some right, title, or interest in things by an assignment from an assignor. They are divided into: (1) assignees by deed, as when a lessee of a term assigns it to another; and (2) assignees by law, as when property devolves upon an executor merely in virtue of his appointment as such. Assignees in bankruptcy (now called trustees, see BANKRUPTCY) are those persons in whom the property of a bankrupt vests by virtue of their appointment. (3) includes an assignee of the assignee and the legal representative of a deceased assignee and references to the assignee of any person include references to the assignee of the legal representative or assignee of that person. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (ab)]