Equitable Assignment

Equitable Assignment in United States

Equitable Assignment Definition

An assignment giving to the assignee a right enforceable only in equity. The term is now commonly applied to constructive assignments, though such are now generally enforceable at law. In this sense it is “such an appropriation of the subject-matter as to confer a complete and present right on the person intended to be provided for, even where the circumstances do not admit of its present exercise.” 14 Wall. (U. S.) 69. An order on a particular fund (120 U. S. 511; 78 Iowa, 426; 3 Me. 436), or an order by a creditor to pay the debt to a third person (7 Cal. 258; 18 Mass. 461; 18 Mont. 335), are examples of such assignments.

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An assignment giving to the assignee a right enforceable only in equity. The term is now commonly applied to constructive assignments, though such are now generally enforceable at law. In this sense it is “such an appropriation of the subject-matter as to confer a complete and present right on the person intended to be provided for, even where the circumstances do not admit of its present exercise.” 14 Wall. (U. S.) 69. An order on a particular fund (120 U. S. 511; 78 Iowa, 426; 3 Me. 436), or an order by a creditor to pay the debt to a third person (7 Cal. 258; 18 Mass. 461; 18 Mont. 335), are examples of such assignments.

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