Yesterday's term was assumpsit, which is defined as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Define That Term #92] Reference

Stephen of Antioch's full translation appears in a 1523 edition, Haly filius abbas Liber totius medicine necessaria … regalis dispositionis nomen assumpsit (Lyon, Typis Jacobi Myt), Liber primus Practice, chap. 19 — 21, fols. 151ra — 153va.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference

The suits consisted of actions of tort and assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01] Reference

(He had brought an action of assumpsit on a blacksmith's account.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,] Reference

An assumpsit founds wholly in damages, and yet is founded on con - tract.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reports and dissertations, in two parts ... : with an appendix, containing forms of special pleadings in several cases, forms of recognizances, of justices records and of warrants of commitment] Reference

Page 395 would have been an acton of indebitatus assumpsit before The Code.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900] Reference

The distinctions between debt, covenant, and assumpsit are merely historical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Free New York Blog] Reference

If you choose to make an assumpsit, I'm sure I shall not object to the security.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales and Novels — Volume 06] Reference

In the De Trinitate he usually prefers a periphrasis; -- assumpta caro, assumpsit carnem.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus] Reference

You need to fill out a District Court complaint for assumpsit (money owed), a summons and a return of service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference

INFANCY. declaration by an infant in» appearance and defence by, L 43. plea of, in abatement, I. 43. 58. plea of, in assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A complete system of pleading: comprehending the most approved precedents and forms of practice; chiefly consisting of such as have never before been printed: with an index to the principal work, incorporating and making it a continuation of Townshend's and Cornwall's Tables, to the present time; as well as an index of reference to all the ancient and modern entries extant] Reference

And if one is coerced to enter a plea, then that plea would have to be "Non assumpsit, Without prejudice" or "Non assumpsit under duress".    From Wordnik.com.  [Teknosis] Reference

The President and his immediate followers were eager for war, Calhoun and his faction regarded the whole question as only matter for "an action of assumpsit," while Mr. Webster and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Webster] Reference

The action was assumpsit by a citizen of the State of South Carolina, and the question was, whether the United States Court had jurisdiction, the State of Georgia declining to appear.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

Has called on almost every man, obtained his assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to and from Jefferson, 1823] Reference

N. - unremitting care; unflagging or obsequious attention. assiduous, v. - pardon; absolve; acquit; release. assoilment, assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

( "Officium piae Auxiliatricis assumpsit non rogata" - Pro Fest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Jovinus ornatus regios assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John] Reference

Mox irae assumpsit cultus faciemque minantem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference

Battery and assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Anerley] Reference

FOREIGN ATTACHMENT. plea of, in assumpsit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A complete system of pleading: comprehending the most approved precedents and forms of practice; chiefly consisting of such as have never before been printed: with an index to the principal work, incorporating and making it a continuation of Townshend's and Cornwall's Tables, to the present time; as well as an index of reference to all the ancient and modern entries extant] Reference

Non assumpsit pleaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reports and dissertations, in two parts ... : with an appendix, containing forms of special pleadings in several cases, forms of recognizances, of justices records and of warrants of commitment] Reference

Quam assumpsit, sub carnis trabea.    From Wordnik.com.  [12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004] Reference

) “Non Pater carnem assumpsit, neque.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christologia] Reference

Trespass, assumpsit, action on the case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference