assumpsit

Example Sentences

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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

It is inscribed Pater meus et fratres mei dereliquerunt me; Dominus autem assumpsit me!—“My father and my brothers abandoned me; but the Lord took me under his protection.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

It has been shown above that if a man was a common farrier he could be charged for negligence without an assumpsit.

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

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