quasi-contract

English

Etymology

From quasi- +‎ contract.

Noun

quasi-contract (plural quasi-contracts)

1. (law) An obligation of one party to another created by the law in the absence of an agreement; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties; typical cases include unjust enrichment, negotiorum gestio, and solutio indebiti.

Derived terms

• quasi-contractual

Translations

implied-in-law contract

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 準合同 / 准合同 (zhǔnhétóng)

• Dutch: oneigenlijke overeenkomst f, quasi-contract n
• French: quasi-contrat (fr) m
• Greek: οιονεί σύμβαση f (oioneí sýmvasi)
• Italian: quasi contratto m
• Portuguese: quase-contrato m
• Spanish: cuasicontrato m
• Welsh: lled-gontract m or f