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
The chief reason why debt was supplanted for centuries by a later remedy, assumpsit, was the survival of this relic of early days.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Primo, quia Sponsam Christ! fraudulenter assumpsit de manu simplicis Pastoris.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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
