Definition of Express Assumpsit
An undertaking to do some act, or to pay a sum of money to another, manifested by express terms. An undertaking made orally, by writing not under seal, or by matter of record, to perform act or to pay sum of money to another. Holcomb v. Kentucky Union Co., 262 Ky. 192, 90 S.W.2d 25, 27; Anderson v. Biesman & Carrick Co., 287 Ill.App. 507, 4 N.E.2d 639, 640, 641.
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