{"id":1573,"date":"2024-05-01T02:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T02:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=1573"},"modified":"2024-05-01T02:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T02:57:46","slug":"non-assumpsit","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/glossary\/non-assumpsit\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Assumpsit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The general issue in the action of <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Assumpsit&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; &amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;BxUVEf ILfuVd&amp;quot; lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;hgKElc&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assumpsit (&amp;quot;he has undertaken&amp;quot;, from Latin, assumere), or more fully, action in assumpsit, was &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;a &amp;lt;span tabindex=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; role=&amp;quot;tooltip&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;c5aZPb&amp;quot; tabindex=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; role=&amp;quot;button&amp;quot; data-enable-toggle-animation=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; data-extra-container-classes=&amp;quot;ZLo7Eb&amp;quot; data-hover-hide-delay=&amp;quot;1000&amp;quot; data-hover-open-delay=&amp;quot;500&amp;quot; data-send-open-event=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; data-theme=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; data-width=&amp;quot;250&amp;quot; data-ved=&amp;quot;2ahUKEwiB2PbhueuFAxXo38kDHRHLCFUQmpgGegQIFxAD&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;JPfdse&amp;quot; data-bubble-link=&amp;quot;&amp;quot; data-segment-text=&amp;quot;form of action&amp;quot;&amp;gt;form of action&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt; at common law used to enforce what are now called obligations arising in tort and contract; and in some common law jurisdictions, unjust enrichment&amp;lt;\/b&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Assumpsit&amp;quot; is a Latin term used in law that means &amp;quot;he has undertaken.&amp;quot; It refers to a type of action or lawsuit where the plaintiff asserts that the defendant has not fulfilled a promise or obligation that was not officially contracted or agreed upon. This could be a verbal agreement or an implied promise. The term is most commonly used in the context of contract law.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/glossary\/assumpsit\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">assumpsit<\/a>; being <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;A&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; A &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; is the first letter of the English alphabet. It can also be used as an indefinite article in English language, referring to a non-specific object or objects, or it can represent a certain quantity or measure. In mathematics, &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; is often used as a variable. The meaning of &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; can vary depending on its context.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/glossary\/a\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>a<\/a> plea by which the defendant avers that &ldquo;he did not undertake&rdquo; or promise as alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The general issue in the action of <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Assumpsit&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; &amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;BxUVEf ILfuVd&amp;quot; lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;hgKElc&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assumpsit (&amp;quot;he has undertaken&amp;quot;, from Latin, assumere), or more fully, action in assumpsit, was &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;a &amp;lt;span tabindex=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; role=&amp;quot;tooltip&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;c5aZPb&amp;quot; tabindex=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; role=&amp;quot;button&amp;quot; data-enable-toggle-animation=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; data-extra-container-classes=&amp;quot;ZLo7Eb&amp;quot; data-hover-hide-delay=&amp;quot;1000&amp;quot; data-hover-open-delay=&amp;quot;500&amp;quot; data-send-open-event=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; data-theme=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; data-width=&amp;quot;250&amp;quot; data-ved=&amp;quot;2ahUKEwiB2PbhueuFAxXo38kDHRHLCFUQmpgGegQIFxAD&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;JPfdse&amp;quot; data-bubble-link=&amp;quot;&amp;quot; data-segment-text=&amp;quot;form of action&amp;quot;&amp;gt;form of action&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt; at common law used to enforce what are now called obligations arising in tort and contract; and in some common law jurisdictions, unjust enrichment&amp;lt;\/b&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Assumpsit&amp;quot; is a Latin term used in law that means &amp;quot;he has undertaken.&amp;quot; It refers to a type of action or lawsuit where the plaintiff asserts that the defendant has not fulfilled a promise or obligation that was not officially contracted or agreed upon. This could be a verbal agreement or an implied promise. The term is most commonly used in the context of contract law.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/glossary\/assumpsit\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">assumpsit<\/a>; being <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;A&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt; A &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; is the first letter of the English alphabet. It can also be used as an indefinite article in English language, referring to a non-specific object or objects, or it can represent a certain quantity or measure. In mathematics, &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; is often used as a variable. The meaning of &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; can vary depending on its context.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/glossary\/a\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">a<\/a> plea by which the defendant avers that &ldquo;he did not undertake&rdquo; or promise as alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-1573","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"post_title":"Non-Assumpsit","post_content":"The general issue in the action of assumpsit; being a plea by which the defendant avers that \u201che did not undertake\u201d or promise as alleged.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1573\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonlawdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-languages?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}