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SPECIAL ASSUMPSIT Definition & Legal Meaning

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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.

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