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 more important alternative allegation, the assumpsit, had the effect in the end of introducing the not intrinsically objectionable doctrine that all duties arising from a bailment are founded on contract.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Furthermore, as there is an historical difference between consideration in debt and in assumpsit, I shall confine myself to the latter, which is the later and more philosophical form.

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

Stemming from it is "assumpsit", which provided damages for breach of an oral agreement and for a written agreement without a seal.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.