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 cause was for damage to the goods, and the plaintiff sued for a tort, laying an assumpsit by way of inducement to a charge of negligence, as in the days of Henry VI.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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 Reilly, S. A.
In this, as in the earlier case, the issue was taken on the assumpsit.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell
