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
In a couple of centuries, trespass on the case will extend all over the previous common law including assumpsit, ejectment, trover, deceit, libel, slander, battery, and assault.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
The suits consisted of actions of tort and assumpsit.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
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 Oliver Wendell Holmes
It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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