In Scotch law. To assign to a particular mill. … [Read more...]

To agree to take responsibility over another person's or party's debt or obligation, e.g. a person buying a car assumes the debt owed for the financing of the vehicle. Also may refer to the actions of a bankruptcy trustee's decision to either reject or assume (accept) certain contracts. A trustee will assume a contract when it is believed that doing so would be of financially … [Read more...]

A servitude by which grain growing on certain lands or brought within them must be carried to a certain mill to be ground, a certain multure or price being paid for the same. Jacob. … [Read more...]

Latin: He undertook; he promised. A promise or engagement by which one person assumes or undertakes to do some act or pay something to another. It may be either oral or in writing, but is not under seal. It is express if the promisor puts his engagement in distinct and definite language; it is implied where the law infers a promise (though no formal one has passed) from the … [Read more...]

In Saxon law. A penalty for a wrong done by one in the king's peace. The offender was to replace the damage twofold. Spelman. … [Read more...]