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UNDERTOOK. Assumed; promised.
2. This is a technical word which ought to be inserted in every
declaration of assumpsit, charging that the defendant undertook to perform
the promise which is the foundation of the suit; and this though the promise
be founded on a legal liability, or would be implied in evidence. Bac. Ab
Assumpsit, F; 1 Chit. Pl. 88, note p.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.