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
In this, as in the earlier case, the issue was taken on the assumpsit.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The later fortunes of assumpsit can be briefly told.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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 Oliver Wendell Holmes
The suits consisted of actions of tort and assumpsit.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
