Legal Definition and Related Resources of Assume

To take on; to undertake. 90 Cal. 147. To take in appearance. See 75 Cal. 73. ‘ The word “assume,” used in deeds with reference to incumbrances on the property conveyed, has the same meaning as if the words “to pay” followed it, and amouhts to a personal covenant to pay. 243 111. 557; 194 111. 224. The definition of the word “assume,” in law, is “to take upon one’s self.” 194 111. 222; 93 111. App. 263.

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This definition of Assume is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.

Vocabularies (Semantic Web Information)

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(Seize), verb

• accroach
• adeem
• adopt
• adsumere
• annex
• appropriate
• arrogate
• commandeer
• confiscate
• dispossess
• distrain
• expropriate
• help oneself to
• make free with
• oc cupare
• possess oneself of
• rent sibi adrogare
• take as one’s own
• usurp

(Simulate), verb

• act as
• counterfeit
• dissemble
• dissimulate
• don
• feign
• impersonate
• make believe
• outwardly seem
• pass for
• personate
• play the part
• pose as
• pretend to be
• profess
• put on deceitfully
• represent as
• take the part of
• take the semblance of

(Undertake), verb

• accept
• accept an obligation
• attempt
• attend to
• be willing to bear
• become responsible for
• begin
• broach
• commit oneself
• contract
• contract for
• embark upon
• engage
• enter upon
• incur a duty
• manage
• proceed to
• pursue
• set about
• shoulder
• suscipere
• take care of
• take charge
• take on oneself
• take up
• venture upon Associated Concepts: assume a debt
• assume a lease
• assume a mortgage
• assume responsibility
• assumed name
• assumed risk