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Mortgage clause stating the terms under which an existing mortgage or deed of trust may be conveyed to another party. Generally, a mortgage cannot be transferred at the same rate and terms without written consent of the lender. See also Assumable Mortgage.

noun

1. The act of taking something for oneself: appropriation, arrogation, preemption, seizure, usurpation. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. Something taken to be true without proof: postulate, postulation, premise, presupposition, supposition, theory, thesis. See reason/unreason.
3. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident: audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

n

Definition: arrogance
Antonyms: genuineness, naturalness, reality, realness

n

Definition: taking something for granted; something expected
Antonyms: doubt, unexpected

A proposition is treated as an assumption when it is added to a stock of premises of an argument. The conclusion is then conditional upon that assumption, unless the assumption can be discharged, or shown to be unnecessary, in the course of the argument.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The undertaking of the re- payment of a debt or the performance of an obli- gation owed by another.

When a purchaser of real property assumes the mortgage of the seller, he or she agrees to adopt the mortgage debt, becoming personally liable for its full repayment in case of default. If a foreclosure sale of the mortgaged property does not satisfy the debt, the purchaser remains financially responsible for the outstanding balance.

In contrast, a purchaser who takes subject to the seller's mortgage agrees to repay the mortgage debt, but that person's liability is limited only to the amount that the mortgaged property is sold for in the case of foreclosure. If the property is sold for less than the mortgage debt, the mortgagee must seek the remaining balance due from the seller, the original mortgagor.

(DOD) A supposition on the current situation or a presupposition on the future course of events, either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof, necessary to enable the commander in the process of planning to complete an estimate of the situation and make a decision on the course of action.

For a list of words related to assumption, see:

• Logic - assumption: statement taken to be true without proof
• Reason and Rationale - assumption: statement accepted as true before being proved

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - antagelse, forudsætning, postulat

idioms:

• assumption of duties    embedsovertagelse
• assumption of power    magtovertagelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
veronderstelling, aanneming, aanvaarding (van taak etc.), overname, toe-eigening, Maria-Hemelvaart, aanmatiging

Français (French)
n. - supposition, hypothèse, appropriation, affectation, (Relig) Assomption

idioms:

• assumption of duties    entrée en fonctions
• assumption of power    prise de pouvoir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Annahme, Vermutung, Übernahme, Aneignung

idioms:

• assumption of duties    Amtsantritt
• assumption of power    Machtergreifung, Machtübernahme

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εικασία, υπόθεση, προσποίηση, ανάληψη (ευθύνης, υποχρέωσης κτλ.), (θρησκ.) Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου, (μαθημ.) παραδοχή

idioms:

• assumption of duties    ανάληψη καθηκόντων
• assumption of power    ανάληψη εξουσίας

Italiano (Italian)
presupposizione, accettazione, congettura, supposizione, assunzione, appropriazione

idioms:

• assumption of duties    entrata in carica
• assumption of power    avvento al potere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suposição (f), postulado (m), princípio (m), Assunção (f) (Rel.), arrogância (f), apropriação (f), usurpação (f)

idioms:

• assumption of duties    apropriação de impostos
• assumption of power    usurpação de poder

Русский (Russian)
принятие на себя ответственности, принятие, умозаключение, предположение, захват

idioms:

• assumption of duties    принять обязанности
• assumption of power    захват власти

Español (Spanish)
n. - supuesto, presunción, conjetura, suposición, toma, apropiación, usurpación

idioms:

• assumption of duties    entrada en funciones, toma de posesión
• assumption of power    toma del poder

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - antagande, sken, övermod

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
设想, 假定, 承担, 担任, 夺取

idioms:

• assumption of duties    承担责任
• assumption of power    获得权力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 設想, 假定, 承擔, 擔任, 奪取

idioms:

• assumption of duties    承擔責任
• assumption of power    獲得權力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가정, 인수, 건방짐, 장악

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 仮定, 想定, 引き受け, でしゃばり, 専有, 掌握, ふりをすること

idioms:

• assumption of duties    責務の引き受け
• assumption of power    権力の奪取

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انتحال, افتراض, تظاهر, ادعا, اتخاذ, تول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הנחה, השערה, נטילה, ארשת, תפיסה בכוח, קבלה ללא הוכחה, הופעה מטעה‬

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