espromissione

expromission

noun eh-sproh-mees-SYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin expromissio, from expromittere (to promise on another's behalf)

Also means

assumption of debt

Usage Note

Espromissione is a specialist civil-law term describing the contract by which a third party (l'espromittente) takes on another person's debt without releasing the original debtor. It is almost exclusively encountered in legal texts and commentaries, never in everyday speech.

Examples

"L'espromissione libera il debitore originario solo se convenuto."

Natural Translation

Expromission releases the original debtor only if agreed upon.

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