Also known as: assignment of rights · assign rights · assigned rights · assigning of rights · assignment · rights assignment
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
A transfer of contractual rights from an obligee to another person. The transfer occurs when the obligee manifests an intention to pass the right without needing further action by the obligee.
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Alpine Mining holds a license to extract minerals from a tract. Alpine orally informs a buyer that it transfers the license to extract from the same tract. The buyer begins operations. No writing or other formality is required for the transfer to take effect.
Aether Technologies owes payment to Aurora Biotech under a services contract. Aurora tells Aether that it now assigns the right to receive payment to Adrian Aguilar. Aurora later confirms the same assignment to a third-party escrow agent. The manifestation alone completes the assignment.
Audrey Ashton holds a policy with an insurer that refuses to defend her in a suit. Ashton assigns her rights against the insurer to Aaron Adams. Adams steps into Ashton's position and pursues the claim. The assignment transfers the accrued rights without further action by Ashton.
Austin Abbott sells land under a contract that includes an option to repurchase. Abbott assigns the repurchase right by deed to Anthony Arnold. The deed manifests the transfer of the contractual right. Arnold may enforce the option against the original obligor.
Azure Solutions holds exclusive distribution rights under a contract with a manufacturer. Azure assigns those rights to a competitor. The assignee steps into the contractual position. The assignment is effective because the original obligee manifested intent to transfer the rights.
Alan Ackerman agrees in writing to sell a farm to another party. Ackerman assigns his rights under the agreement to a third buyer. The written manifestation transfers the contractual right. The assignee may enforce the sale obligation.
The obligee must manifest an intention to transfer the right to another person without further action by the obligee. The manifestation may be made orally or in writing to the obligor or a third person.
No formalities are essential to the assignment of a license except when the license is coupled with an interest in a chattel or can be used only in connection with other land.
Contract terms that prohibit assignment are generally enforceable but do not prevent assignment of a right to damages for breach or a right arising from full performance by the assignor.
…holding that the complainants had failed to establish their right to specific performance, and dismissing their bill. The assignment of error is to this action of the court. W. O. Lucy, a lumberman and farmer, thus testified in substance: He had known Zehmer for fifteen or twenty years and had been familiar with the…