Definition of Assume

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Assume
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    To undertake; engage; promise.

  • Assume
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    To undertake; engage; promise. 1 Ld. Rayin. 122; 4 Coke, 92. To take upon one's self. Springer v. De Wolf, 194 I1L 218, 62 N. E. 542, 56 L. R. A. 465, 88 Am. St. Rep. 155