law of quasi-contract

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• quasi contract — see contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. quasi contract n …   Law dictionary

• quasi-contract — like contract. A very contentious term at present, it describes cases where parties have an obligation that resembles contract but where there is actually no contract at all. In England it was (and still is) predominantly used for cases involving …   Law dictionary

• quasi contract — n. Law an obligation, equivalent to a contractual obligation, created by law in the absence of a contract, to prevent unfair gain by one party at the expense of another …   English World dictionary

• contract — con·tract 1 / kän ˌtrakt/ n [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com with, together + trahere to draw] 1: an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to… …   Law dictionary

• Quasi-contract — A quasi contract, also called an implied in law contract,E. Marshall Wick, Notes for BUS 447, Gallaudet University, found at [http://homepage.gallaudet.edu/Marshall.Wick/bus447/quasi.html Gallaudet University Website] . Accessed June 30, 2008.]… …   Wikipedia

• quasi contract — Legal fiction invented by common law courts to permit recovery by contractual remedy in cases where, in fact, there is no contract, but where circumstances are such that justice warrants a recovery as though there had been a promise. It is not… …   Black's law dictionary

• quasi contract — Legal fiction invented by common law courts to permit recovery by contractual remedy in cases where, in fact, there is no contract, but where circumstances are such that justice warrants a recovery as though there had been a promise. It is not… …   Black's law dictionary

• quasi contract — Law. an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment. [1720 30] * * * …   Universalium

• quasi — qua·si 1 / kwā ˌzī, ˌsī; kwä zē, sē/ adj [Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if]: having such a resemblance to another thing as to fall within its general category a quasi corporation quasi 2 adv: in some significant sense or degree… …   Law dictionary

• quasi ex contractu — See quasi contract. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001. quasi ex contractu As if by contract; as …   Law dictionary

• quasi-contract — quaˈsi contract noun (law) A concept which allows a plaintiff to recover money from a defendant if non payment would confer an unjust benefit on the latter • • • Main Entry: ↑quasi …   Useful english dictionary