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 a couple of centuries, trespass on the case will extend all over the previous common law including assumpsit, ejectment, trover, deceit, libel, slander, battery, and assault.
From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.
The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.
From The Path of the Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
"The action of assumpsit lies where a party claims damages for breach of simple contract, i. e. a promise not under seal."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
A surety could be sued in assumpsit, although he had ceased to be liable in debt.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
