Stemming from it is "Assumpsit", which provided damages for breach of an oral agreement and a written agreement without a seal.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
In the common law courts, the action of Assumpsit for enforcing certain promises is used more than the action of debt in those cases where there is a debt based on an agreement.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
In Slade's case of 1602, the Court of the Queen's Bench held that Assumpsit may be brought in place of the action of debt.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly