quasi-contract
Court-imposed legal duty
A quasi-contract is a legal obligation imposed by courts to prevent unjust enrichment, even though no actual contract exists between the parties.
If someone receives a benefit they didn't pay for and keeping it would be unfair, courts may treat the situation as if a contract existed: The doctor who treated the unconscious accident victim recovered fees under quasi-contract.
Also called an implied-in-law contract.
Restoring what was lost
- constructivePromoting positive development
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
recovery · compensation · fair dealing · legal fiction · non-consensual · promissory · necessaries
Ancient Italy's legal system
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
- subrogationSuccessor assumes claim rights
- contributionSomething given to help
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
Urgent public safety organizations
- overpaymentAmount paid exceeding debt
- medical emergencyUrgent life-threatening condition
- Good SamaritanCompassionate stranger from scripture
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
improvements · preservation · maintenance · funeral expenses · lodging · essential services · fair value
restitution
Restoring what was lost
- constructivePromoting positive development
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
enrichment · recovery · compensation · fair dealing · legal fiction · non-consensual · promissory · necessaries
Roman law
Ancient Italy's legal system
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
- subrogationSuccessor assumes claim rights
- contributionSomething given to help
emergency services
Urgent public safety organizations
- overpaymentAmount paid exceeding debt
- medical emergencyUrgent life-threatening condition
- Good SamaritanCompassionate stranger from scripture
salvage · improvements · preservation · maintenance · funeral expenses · lodging · essential services · fair value
- Latin Legal Termsbona fide, caveat emptor, de facto, de jure, in absentia
- civil lawproperty disputes, Napoleonic Code, litigation, damage claims, codification
- restitutionrestitution claims, enrichment, disgorgement, tracing
- contractsbinding contracts, lease, clause, oral, severance package
- obligationsobligations, jury duty, military service, agreement, voting
- unwritten agreementshandshake deal, oral agreement, gentleman's agreement, unwritten rule, mutual understanding
quasi-contractformal contract
Legally enforceable written agreement
written contract · mutual agreement · meeting of the minds · deed · covenant
contract, contraction, contracted, contractor, contracting, contractors, contractual, contractions, subcontract