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
Paine pleaded non assumpsit, and, after gaining the case, paid Wilburn the money.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
It is inscribed Pater meus et fratres mei dereliquerunt me; Dominus autem assumpsit me!—“My father and my brothers abandoned me; but the Lord took me under his protection.”
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
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
