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

Primo, quia Sponsam Christ! fraudulenter assumpsit de manu simplicis Pastoris.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various

The court adopted the argument, and said that there was no contract or consideration to ground this action, but that the plaintiff might have sued in assumpsit.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

A surety could be sued in assumpsit, although he had ceased to be liable in debt.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The cause was for damage to the goods, and the plaintiff sued for a tort, laying an assumpsit by way of inducement to a charge of negligence, as in the days of Henry VI.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell