quasi-contract

You seem to be saying that a bribe is a quasi-contract, and a tip is a gift.

"Thousands of revelers... carried posters of former President Bill Clinton, and chanted 'Thank You U.S.A.!' and 'God Bless America.'" Ann Althouse 2008

Paddy O: You seem to be saying that a bribe is a quasi-contract, and a tip is a gift.

"Thousands of revelers... carried posters of former President Bill Clinton, and chanted 'Thank You U.S.A.!' and 'God Bless America.'" Ann Althouse 2008

Government, he does not doubt, is a trust, or, as he prefers, somewhat oddly, to call it, a quasi-contract; but that does not mean that the actual governors can be dismissed when any eccentric happens to take exception to their views.

Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Harold Joseph Laski 1921

This may be considered as equitable or as growing out of quasi-contract.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

They were civil or prætorian, and could arise from contract, quasi-contract, delict, and quasi-delict.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Such a contestation accomplishes two things: first, it fixes precisely the object of the trial, and, second, the parties bind themselves by a quasi-contract to prosecute the trial, and agree from that moment to accept all the obligations imposed by the sentence, including the obligation of the condemned party to make payment: in a word, they agree to abide by the legitimate finding of the court.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

A quasi-contract obtains between the parish on the one hand and the clergy who minister to its wants on the other.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

If it is possible to speak here of a contract, their quasi-contract is made and settled for them beforehand.

The French Revolution - Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860

The Court of Appeals held that the girlfriend's claim: (1) was sustainable as an action for money had and received, either under a theory of implied contract or of quasi-contract.

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While expressly disclaiming a "palimony" theory, the plaintiff sued to recover her interest in the defendant's enterprises under theories of express and implied partnership and quasi-contract.

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