**Assignment:** Choosing someone to do something. Usually used in: (1) **Cases** — when the court uses a calendar to give (or "assign") cases to judges; (2) **Lawyers** — when lawyers are chosen (or "appointed") to represent juveniles, [[Conservatee|conservatees]] or poor defendants; and (3) Judges — when judges are sent (or "**assigned**") to different courts to fill in while other judges are on vacation, sick, etc., or to help with cases in a court.