Money Lent
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In pleading. The technical name of a declaration in an action ot assumpsit ioj; that the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff for money lent. To recover, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant received his money, but it is not indispensable that it should be originally lent. If, for example, money has been advanced upon a special contract, which has been abandoned and rescinded, and which cannot be enforced, the law raises an implied promise from the person who holds the money to pay it back as money lent. 7 Ring. 266; 3 Mees. & W. 434; 9 Mees. & W. 729. See 1 N. Chip. (Vt.) 214; 3 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 37.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The technical name of a declaration in an action of assumpsit for that the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff for money lent. To recover, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant received his money, but It is not indispensable that it should be originally lent. If, for example, money has been advanced upon a special contract, which has been abandoned and rescinded, and which cannot be enforced, the law raises an implied promise from the person who holds the money to pay it back as money lent; 7 Blngh. 266; 8 M. & W. 434. See Tevis v. Brown’s Adm’r, 3 J, J. Marsh. (Ky.) 176.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In pleading. The technical name of a declaration in an action of assumpsit for that the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff for money lent.
Defined under Money in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In pleading. The technical name of a declaration in an action ot assumpstt for that the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff for money lent.