Warranty actions in assumpsit were not established until the close of the 18th century. |
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The legal actions of assumpsit and debt accounted for more than one-third of Lincoln's cases. |
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Although assumpsit was abolished by the Judicature Act 1873, the term has survived and is used today to denote an action for damages for breach of a simple contract. |
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By 1558 the lawyers had succeeded in creating another method, enforced by the Court of King's Bench, through the action of assumpsit, which was technically for deceit. |
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