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
Trespass on the case has now branched into assumpsit, trover, deceit, negligence, and libel and slander.
From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly
The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.
From The Path of the Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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 Oliver Wendell Holmes
The suits consisted of actions of tort and assumpsit.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
