quasi contract

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noun Law.

an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.

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Origin of quasi contract

First recorded in 1720–30

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How to use quasi contract in a sentence

Michigan supposedly offered 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh a $42 million contract, which would him the highest-paid coach in the NCAA.
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A 1907 contract leases the plot of land to the Belgika corporation for five years, but it stayed for much longer.
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And, every election, we have our quasi-comic-relief candidates, your Al Haigs and Gary Bauers and Bill Richardsons.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee report says they secured a contract with the CIA in 2006 valued “in excess of $180 million.”
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I knew only that the hit was commissioned; the man who took the contract was a specialist.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Vulgate translates: “Et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
In the New Testament a few examples appear in which his utterances are given a quasi-judicial tone.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
But for the most part property, contract and the coercive state were fundamental assumptions with the classicists.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Though a minor cannot make such a contract, yet if property comes into his possession he must exercise proper care of it.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
It was claimed, as we have seen, that under free contract a man was paid what he earned and no law could make it more.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for quasi contract

quasi-contract

noun

an implied contract which arises without the express agreement of the parties

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