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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, a general plea in a personal action, by which a man denies that he has made any promise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Law) The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

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  • noun law The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

Etymologies

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Latin, meaning "he did not undertake".

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