assignable

assignable definition - legal

n

Capable of being assigned. Certain rights and duties cannot be assigned while others are not assignable without the consent of the other parties involved. For example, a world-renowned author cannot unilaterally assign her contract to write a book to another writer.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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