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noun

Assumpsit n. (Law)

(a)

A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.

(b)

An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking.

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Etymology of 'Assumpsit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and mild and gentle like Moses. His parents however despised him because he valued not earthly vanities and in his regard were verified the words of David:—"Pater meus et mater mea derliquerunt me, Dominus autem assumpsit me [Psalm 26(27):10] (For my father and my mother have left me and the Lord hath taken me up)." Like David too—who kept the sheep of his father—Mochuda, with other youths, herded his father's swine ...

— The Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore • Saint Mochuda