Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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non assumpsit
[Latin "he did not undertake"] Hist. A general denial in an action of assumpsit. See ASSUMPSIT. "'Non assumpsit' is the general issue in assumpsit, whether special or general, and is in effect a formal denial of liability on the promise or contract alleged. It denies not only the inducement or statement of the plaintiffs right, but also the breach, and allows any defense tending to show that there was no debt or cause of action at the time of commencing suit." Benjamin J. Shipman, Handbook of Common-Law Pleading ยง 182, at 322 (Henry Winthrop Ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923).
non assumpsit infra sex annos
n. [Latin "he did not undertake within six years"] Hist. The specific pleading form for the statute-oflimitations defense in an action of assumpsit.