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- noun Plural form of
quasi-contract .
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Moreover, part of the moral and/or legal basis of some institutions, such as corporations and governments, might consist in part in contracts or quasi-contracts, e.g. the so-called social contract between an elected government and its citizens.
Social Institutions Miller, Seumas 2007
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There are other methods in vogue for the support of the clergy akin to, or divisions of, those mentioned: voluntary offerings, tithes, quasi-contracts, state aid, and benefices.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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These were the so-called quasi-contracts, and the forms were negotiorum gestio, tutorship, inheritance, administration in common, hereditatis aditio, indebiti solutio (payment under mistake of fact), and a few others of similar nature.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Quasi-contracts with _implied_ contracts, but this is an error, for implied contracts are true contracts, which quasi-contracts are not.
Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855
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