assumpsit
Example Sentences
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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
No basis for a law of contracts was to be found in the power of the tribunals with respect to injuries although our law did make assumpsit out of trespass on the case.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
The later fortunes of assumpsit can be briefly told.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
Stemming from it is "assumpsit", which provided damages for breach of an oral agreement and for a written agreement without a seal.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly
