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intimation
see ASSIGNATION.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
INTIMATION, civil law. The name of any judicial act by which a notice of a
legal proceeding. is given to some one; but it is more usually understood to
mean the notice or summons which an appellant causes to be given to the
opposite party, that the sentence will be reviewed by the superior judge.
2. In the Scotch law, it is an instrument, of writing, made under the
hand of a notary, and notified to a party, to inform him of a right which a
third person had acquired; for example, when a creditor assigns a claim
against his debtor, the assignee or cedent must give an intimation of this
to the debtor, who, till then, is justified in making payment to the
original creditor. Kames' Eq. B. 1, p. 1, s. 1.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.