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

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

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

The civil suit of trespass on the case has now branched into assumpsit, trover, deceit, negligence, and libel and slander.

From Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. by Reilly, S. A.