An obligation of one party to another imposed by law independently of an agreement between the parties.
准契约（不受双方协议约束的，一方依法对另一方所负的责任）
Example sentencesExamples
If the collecting bank has not paid out the proceeds to the customer, it can, further, be sued in an action in quasi-contract based on the true owner's waiver of the tort.
Most legal systems recognize some species of liability in restitution or quasi-contract, in addition to that based on contract or tort.
Universities could foster a work culture for university students by making student obligations clear to students before they start their university education and continuously thereafter, preferably in the form of quasi-contracts.
It is unclear whether there would be any obligation in quasi-contract to make restitution.
The claim is pleaded in contract alternatively in quasi-contract.
Derivatives
quasi-contractual
adjectiveˌkweɪzʌɪkənˈtraktʃʊəl
Relating to an obligation of one party to another imposed by law independently of an agreement between the parties.
准契约（不受双方协议约束的，一方依法对另一方所负的责任）
a quasi-contractual relationship
Example sentencesExamples
From a practical point of view, the cause of action in conversion is to be preferred to the quasi-contractual action based on waiver of tort.
The time is not ripe for approximating or unifying the national laws relating to the whole field of contractual and quasi-contractual obligations or even to the limited sphere of the sale of goods and provision of services.
The court will assess what the employee's labours are reasonably worth by way of a quasi-contractual action for quantum meruit.