transferee
Americannoun
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a person who is transferred or removed, as from one place to another.
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Law. a person to whom a transfer is made, as of property.
noun
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property law a person to whom property is transferred
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a person who is transferred
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"Without the transferee in this case, I don't think we could ever have a prosecutable case," Foote wrote.
From US News • Sep. 16, 2016
Belgium for the first time accepted a transferee from Guantanamo.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2015
One of the things that makes transferee liability complicated is that it involves determinations under state law.
From Forbes • Apr. 23, 2015
Karpe is also accused of using one of the bank’s accounts “to route internal transfers between client accounts to conceal the identity of the transferor and transferee accounts.”
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 15, 2011
By transferring it in a way whereby the transferee becomes the holder or owner.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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