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Quasi contract

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004075

An obligation imposed by law to prevent unjust enrichment, even though no actual agreement or promise was made between the parties. It is not a true contract but an equitable remedy where one party has conferred a benefit upon another, and it would be unfair for the recipient to retain the benefit without paying for it. The most common form is quantum meruit.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004075
FieldLaw
Synonymsquasi-contract
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Quasi contract",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An obligation imposed by law to prevent unjust enrichment, even though no actual agreement or promise was made between the parties. It is not a true contract but an equitable remedy where one party has conferred a benefit upon another, and it would be unfair for the recipient to retain the benefit without paying for it. The most common form is quantum meruit.",
  "synonyms": [
    "quasi-contract"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/quasi-contract/"
}

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