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Contract implied in law

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001276

An obligation imposed by a court to prevent unjust enrichment, even though the parties did not intend to form a contract. This legal fiction, also known as a quasi-contract, creates a duty to pay for benefits received when it would be unfair to allow one party to retain the benefit without compensating the other. It is not a true contract but a remedy based on equitable principles.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001276
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "An obligation imposed by a court to prevent unjust enrichment, even though the parties did not intend to form a contract. This legal fiction, also known as a quasi-contract, creates a duty to pay for benefits received when it would be unfair to allow one party to retain the benefit without compensating the other. It is not a true contract but a remedy based on equitable principles.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/contract-implied-in-law/"
}

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