ASSIGNEE CLAUSE

assignee  clause.A  provision  of  the  Judiciary  Act  of  1789  that  prevented  a  litigant  without

diversity of citizenship from assigning a claim to another who did have the required diversity. • In

1948  the  assignee  clause  was  replaced  by  28  USCA  §  1359,  which  denies  federal  jurisdiction

when a party is improperly or collusively joined, by as-signment or otherwise,  merely to invoke

jurisdiction.[Blacks Law 8th]