non assumpsit

English

Etymology

Latin, meaning "he did not undertake".

Noun

non assumpsit (plural non assumpsits)

1. (law) The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “non assumpsit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)