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
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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The chief reason why debt was supplanted for centuries by a later remedy, assumpsit, was the survival of this relic of early days.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.
From The Path of the Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The later fortunes of assumpsit can be briefly told.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
