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assumption definition - legal

n

  1. Something the truth of which is taken for granted; a supposition.
  2. The act of taking for or on oneself, especially accepting, or agreeing to take the responsibility for, the obligation of another.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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