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Notice to the obligor is not required, but an obligor who renders performance to the assignor without notice of the assignment (that performance of the contract is to be rendered now to the assignee) is discharged. Obviously, the assignor cannot then keep the consideration he has received; he owes it to the assignee.

The difference between assignment and transfer is that assign means it's legal to transfer property or a legal right from one person to another, while transfer means it's legal to arrange for something to be controlled by or officially belong to another person.

Unless an assignment is prohibited in a contract, the outgoing party may assign their rights to the incoming (third) party without the consent of the other party to the agreement. A Letter of assignment can be used to affect the assignment and is signed by the outgoing party and the incoming party.

For assignment to be effective, it must occur in the present: a promise to make a future assignment has no legal effect. No specific language is required to make such an assignment, but the assignor must make some clear statement of intent to assign clearly identified contractual rights to the assignee.

An assignment transfers the benefit of a contract from one party to another, but only the benefit, not the burden. In contrast, a novation will transfer both the benefit and the burden of a contract from one party to another. A novation creates a new contractual relationship - a 'new' contract is entered into.

An assignment involves at least three parties. The assignor is the party that gives the contract rights to another party. The assignee is the party that receives the contract rights from the assignor. The obligor is the party that didn't participate in the assignment, but is now obligated to the assignee.