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

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.

The later fortunes of assumpsit can be briefly told.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The court adopted the argument, and said that there was no contract or consideration to ground this action, but that the plaintiff might have sued in assumpsit.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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.