assumpsit

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They include bigly, deplorable, irregardless, icon, assumpsit, faute de mieux, in omnia paratus, revenant and feckless.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2016

Paine pleaded non assumpsit, and, after gaining the case, paid Wilburn the money.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

But this does not belong to the class of cases to be considered, for the problem before us is to trace the origin of assumpsit, which is an action of contract.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

"The action of assumpsit lies where a party claims damages for breach of simple contract, i. e. a promise not under seal."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

Furthermore, as there is an historical difference between consideration in debt and in assumpsit, I shall confine myself to the latter, which is the later and more philosophical form.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell