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
The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.
From The Path of the Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
But this does not belong to the class of cases to be considered, for the problem before us is to trace the origin of assumpsit, which is an action of contract.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
It has been shown above that if a man was a common farrier he could be charged for negligence without an assumpsit.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
