An assignment and assumption agreement is used after a contract is signed, in order to transfer one of the contracting party's rights and obligations to a third party who was not originally a party to the contract.
Contract Assignment. (a) A contract assignment must be made as part of an ownership change, a change in tax status, or a transfer from one legal entity to another through a legal process. No assignment is effective until approved, in writing, by the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS).
Bank Assignment Agreement means the agreement for assignment of rights (claims) in respect of, inter alia, the rights (claims) of VTB Bank against OJSC under the Facility Agreement to be entered into between VTB Bank (as assignor) and the Purchaser (as assignee);
Assignment is a transfer of rights or property from one party to another. Options assignments occur when option buyers exercise their rights to a position in a security. Other examples of assignments can be found in wages, mortgages, and leases.
Except as provided in Section 13.2. 2, neither party to the Contract shall assign the Contract as a whole without written consent of the other. If either party attempts to make an assignment without such consent, that party shall nevertheless remain legally responsible for all obligations under the Contract.
Mutual Assent: A "Meeting of the Minds" of Offer & Acceptance. A legally recognized offer and an acceptance create a "meeting of the minds", or mutual assent, between the parties. The law requires the parties to a contract to demonstrate mutual assent to the contracts' terms.
An assignment of contract is a legal clause that allows for one party of a contract to transfer the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of that contract to another party. The party who is giving away the responsibility of the contract is the assignor and the party receiving is the assignee.
Section 1204.053 - Assignment of Benefits (a) An insurer may not deliver, renew, or issue for delivery in this state a health insurance policy that prohibits or restricts a covered person from making a written assignment of benefits to a physician or other health care provider who provides health care services to the ...