ASSIGNS

Date "ASSIGNS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Property

To one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assigns.

Crosswords: ASSIGNS

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But he there assigns two cases, whereby a king may un-king himself. (Second Treatise of Government)

This original and supreme will organizes the government, and assigns to different departments their respective powers. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The Trade Union Law assigns unions the role of mediators or go-betweens with management in cases of work stoppages or slowdowns. (references)

The regulatory authority for telecommunications (Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post) was set up to ensure implementation of the telecommunications act. The RegTP was to a large extent modeled on the U.S. federal Communications Commission; it is the agency that grants licenses, assigns and supervises frequencies, imposes universal service obligations, controls network access and interconnection and approves or reviews tariffs. (references)

Children

Russia

The Constitution assigns the Government some responsibility for safeguarding the rights of children and the State endeavors to provide, within its limited means, for the welfare of children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

The Committee assigns censors to each newspaper to review all stories. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In this capacity, the IMC licenses broadcasters, manages and assigns frequencies for broadcasting, sets licensing fees, and enforces adherence to the code of practice. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

In 1995, new legislation concerning commercial agency agreements was enacted in support of the 1986 EEC (European Economic Community) Directive 86/653. This new legislation defines a commercial agency agreement as a contract where the principal assigns the commercial agent negotiation and possible signatory responsibilities. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

When trials are held, the Government apparently assigns lawyers. (references)

Kenya

There also is considerable public skepticism of a process that assigns the investigation of police abuse to the police themselves. (references)

Indigenous People

Namibia

The law assigns to traditional leaders the role of guardians of culture and tradition. (references)

Philippines

The law also assigns the indigenous groups the responsibility to preserve forest, watershed, and biodiversity areas in their domains from inappropriate development. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

The State assigns all jobs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "ASSIGNS": to one and his executors administrators and assigns ♦ to one and his heirs and assigns. Additional references.

French

assigne. (various references)

German

weist zu. (various references)

Hungarian

örökösök és jogutódok (heirs and assigns). (various references)

Pig Latin

assignsay

Derivations

Words ending with "ASSIGNS": preassigns, reassigns. (additional references)

Misspellings

"ASSIGNS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asign, asins, asnign, assighn, assigne, assini, atsign, Aussig, azygos, Cassagnes, Gascoignes, sasins, Tassigny. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sassing.

-1 letter: assign, sasins.

-2 letters: gains, sains, sasin, signs, sings, snags.

-3 letters: agin, ains, anis, gain, gins, nags, sags, sain, sang, sans, sass, sign, sing, sins, snag.

-4 letters: ain, ais, ani, ass, gan, gas, gin, ins, nag, sag, sin, sis.

-5 letters: ag, ai, an, as, in, is, na, si.

+1 letter: gassings, passings.

+2 letters: assessing, assignats, assignees, assigners, assignors, assisting, gassiness, glassines, glossinas, isinglass, reassigns, slashings, staginess.

+3 letters: abscessing, caginesses, gaminesses, garishness, giantesses, glassiness, glissandos, greasiness, pingrasses, preassigns, seasonings, shagginess, signalises, slanginess, surpassing.

+4 letters: aggressions, amusingness, angrinesses, assignments, bagginesses, coassisting, gassinesses, gaudinesses, gawkinesses, gawkishness, ghastliness, grapinesses, isinglasses, lastingness, manginesses, misassaying, misbiassing, misclassing, nostalgists, ranginesses, reassessing, staginesses, subclassing, trespassing, vernissages, waggishness, wineglasses.