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A quasi-contract, or a contract implied in law, is an obligation or series of obligations arising by operation of law without the mutual intention of the parties. There are two primary categories of quasi-contract: negotiorum gestio or restitution (which are similar but codified separately in the Civil Code of Québec) and unjust enrichment.
A quasi-contract (or implied-in-law contract or constructive contract) is a fictional contract recognised by a court. The notion of a quasi-contract can be traced to Roman law and is still a concept used in some modern legal systems. Quasi contract laws have been deduced from the Latin statement "Nemo debet locupletari ex aliena iactura", which ...
The terms Contract A and Contract B in Canadian contract law refer to a concept applied by the Canadian courts regarding the fair and equal treatment of bidders in a contract tendering process, for example to award a construction contract. Essentially this concept formalizes previously applied precedents and strengthens the protection afforded ...
Quasi-contractual obligations ... Canada; China (mainland) ... The doctrine of privity of contract is a common law principle which provides that a contract cannot ...
A contract is implied in fact if the circumstances imply that parties have reached an agreement even though they have not done so expressly. For example, if a patient refuses to pay after being examined by a doctor, the patient has breached a contract implied in fact. A contract which is implied in law is sometimes called a quasi-contract.
Negotiorum gestio ([nəˌgō.shē-ˈȯr-əm-ˈgestēˌō], Latin for "management of business") is a form of spontaneous voluntary agency in which an intervenor or intermeddler, the gestor, acts on behalf and for the benefit of a principal (dominus negotii), but without the latter's prior consent.
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's two major freight railroads could halt their trains Thursday if they can't agree to renewed contracts with the union representing their engineers, conductors and ...
A quasi-judicial body is a non-judicial body which can interpret law. It is an entity such as an arbitration panel or tribunal board, which can be a public administrative agency but also a contract- or private law entity, which has been given powers and procedures resembling those of a court of law or judge and which is obliged to objectively determine facts and draw conclusions from them so ...