Assignment

As·sign·ment

Assignment

n.
  1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
  2. A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands. (Law)

Phrases & Compounds
Assignment of dower
the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.