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
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 Oliver Wendell Holmes
In this, as in the earlier case, the issue was taken on the assumpsit.
From The Common 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
