assumpsit
Americannoun
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a legal action for a breach of contract or promise not under seal.
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an actionable promise.
noun
Etymology
Origin of assumpsit
1605–15; < Latin: he has taken upon himself, he has undertaken
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
Brown, 3 Q.B.511, 526, the reader the primitive assumpsit, which was the inducement to a declaration in tort, interpreted as meaning contract in the modern sense.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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 S. A. Reilly
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 Oliver Wendell Holmes
A surety could be sued in assumpsit, although he had ceased to be liable in debt.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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