quasi contract

American  

noun

Law.

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

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quasi-contract British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of quasi contract

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Two causes of action were upheld by the court in the second amended complaint: quantum meruit and breach of quasi contract, according to documents.

From Seattle Times

Another kind of contract technically called quasi contract differs somewhat from an implied contract and will be explained in another place.

From Project Gutenberg

Student edition of Restatement of the law of restitution, quasi contracts and constructive trusts as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington, D. C., May 8, 1936.

From Project Gutenberg

What can be more enlightened than the laws which relate to leases, to sales, to partnerships, to damages, to pledges, to hiring of work, and to quasi contracts!

From Project Gutenberg

The classification of certain obligations to pay money, imposed by the law irrespective of any bargain as quasi contracts, is merely historical.

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