accepted, taken for granted or to take responsibility upon yourself Liability may be imposed where the defendant has assumed responsibility towards the plaintiff. assumption (n)
accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"
taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"