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 Moncure Daniel Conway
The later fortunes of assumpsit can be briefly told.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.
From The Path of the Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
