Designation
Des`ig`na´tion
| n. | 1. | The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. |
| 2. | Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. | |
| 3. | That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. | |
| 4. | Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. |
| Noun | 1. | designation - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| 2. |  designation - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" | |
| 3. | designation - the act of designating or identifying something Synonyms: identification |
DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name
of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to.
the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide
1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2.
2. A bequest of the farm which the testator bought of such a person; or
of the picture he owns, painted by such an artist, would be a designation of
the thing devised or bequeathed.