an allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.-a transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.-the writing by which an interest is transferred.-the transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.