Special Assumpsit
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In practice. An action of assumpsit brought on a special contract, which the plaintiff declares upon, It is distinguished from a general assumpsit, where the plaintiff, instead ot setting out the particular language or effect of the original contract, declares as for a debt arising out of the execution of the contract, where that constitutes the debt. 3 Bouv. Inst, note 3426.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An action of assumpsit brought on a special contract, which the plaintiff declares upon setting out its particular language or its legal effect. It is distinguished from a general assumpsit, where the plaintiff, instead of setting out the particular language or effect of the original contract, declares as for a debt arising out of the execution of the contract, where that constitutes the debt. 3 Bouvier, Inst, n. 3426.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An action of assumpsit is so called where the declaration sets out the precise language or effect of a special contract, which forms the ground of action; as distinguished from a general assumpsit, in which the technical claim is for a debt alleged to grow out of the contract, not the agreement itself.
Defined under Assumpsit in Black's Law Dictionary.