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

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 Pound, Roscoe

The suits consisted of actions of tort and assumpsit.

From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George

Stemming from it is "assumpsit", which provided damages for breach of an oral agreement and for a written agreement without a seal.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.

The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.

From The Path of the Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell