Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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General assumpsit
an action based on the defendant's breach of an implied promise to pay a debt to the plaintiff. - also termed common assumpsit; indebitatus assumpsit. "general assumpsit is brought for breach of a fictitious or implied promise raised by law from a debt founded upon an executed consideration. The basis of the actionis the promise implied by law from the performance of the consideration, or from a debt or legal duty resting upon the defendant." benjamin j. Shipman, handbook of common-law pleading ยง 59, at 153 (henry winthrop ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923).
general assumpsit
See ASSUMPSIT.