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 cause was for damage to the goods, and the plaintiff sued for a tort, laying an assumpsit by way of inducement to a charge of negligence, as in the days of Henry VI.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Lord Holt was well aware that the use of an assumpsit was not confined to contract.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
