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

Head, /1/ the argument was, that to charge one in assumpsit you must show either his public calling at the time of the delivery, or a special promise on sufficient consideration.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The later fortunes of assumpsit can be briefly told.

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

The more important alternative allegation, the assumpsit, had the effect in the end of introducing the not intrinsically objectionable doctrine that all duties arising from a bailment are founded on contract.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell