Assume
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To take on; to undertake.
90 Cal. 147.
To take in appearance. See 75 Cal. 73. ' The word "assume," used in deeds with reference to incumbrances on the property conveyed, has the same meaning as if the words "to pay" followed it, and amouhts to a personal covenant to pay.
243 111. 557; 194 111. 224.
The definition of the word "assume," in law, is "to take upon one's self."
194 111. 222; 93 111. App. 263.