Corinne, I am sure it will be "assigns"! For a definition see: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/assign This site is quite useful - it has helped me out on many occasions. Regards, Stuart On 30 Jan 2015 10:58, "Corinne Curtis via" <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I'm just transcribing an 1831 will, and once again have come across > the word "assig?s" (eg "heirs and assig-s") and can't quite decide if > its assigus or assigns. Googling comes up with some discussions on > rootsweb, most of which appear to lean towards it being "assigns", but > I'm not so sure. > > Can anyone clear this up for me? My schoolgirl latin just isn't good > enough (and far too distant) to understand if its a latin legal term. > > Corinne Curtis #5579 > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >