L. Lat. (Did not undertake.) In pleading. The general issue in an action of assumpsit. So called from the emphatic words of the old Latin form: Et idem-defendit vim et injuriam quando, &c. et dicit quod ipse NON ASSUMPSIT super se modo et forma prout idemsuperius versus eum queritur. Et de hoc ponit se super patriam, &c. (And the said (defendant) defends the wrong and injury when, &c. and says that he did not take upon himself (or undertake) in manner and form as the said (plaintiff) above complains against him. And of this he puts himself upon the country, &c.) Towns. Pl. 484. Where it is pleaded by several defendants, it is called non assumpserunt. 8 East, 311. The use of this plea has been much narrowed in England by the Pleading Rules. 1 Chitt. Pl. 513-517.