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
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
A promise under seal must assuredly require a different proof from a promise not under seal; but what end is answered by calling one an action of covenant and the other an action of assumpsit?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
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 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
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