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quasi contract

noun

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


quasi-contract

noun

  1. an implied contract which arises without the express agreement of the parties
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quasi contract1

First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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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!

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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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