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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
From quasi- + contract.
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