Paddy O: You seem to be saying that a bribe is a quasi-contract, and a tip is a gift. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)
You seem to be saying that a bribe is a quasi-contract, and a tip is a gift. ❋ 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. ❋ Harold Joseph Laski (1921)
This may be considered as equitable or as growing out of quasi-contract. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
They were civil or prætorian, and could arise from contract, quasi-contract, delict, and quasi-delict. ❋ 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. ❋ 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. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
If it is possible to speak here of a contract, their quasi-contract is made and settled for them beforehand. ❋ 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. ❋ Unknown (2009)
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. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The ex-wife failed to show mistake, reliance, or wrongdoing necessary to recover for her contribution to the property's improvements under theories of constructive trust, money had and received, or restitution in quasi-contract. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Unjust enrichment, Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company, quasi-contract. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But absent a contract or quasi-contract to the contrary that doesn’t entitle you to expect future bonuses and it would be pretty unwise of you to make plans that depend on getting a future bonus. ❋ Unknown (2009)
(uncommissioned agency) in that the latter belonged to quasi-contract. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Therefore, those who are unfamiliar with such concepts as "quasi-contract," "past consideration," or"privity of contract," will do well to keep a copy of Black's Law Dictionary nearby." ❋ Dan Ernst (2008)
“quasi-contract,” which had already been employed over a century earlier by Josiah Tucker, Dean of ❋ MICHAEL LEVIN (1968)
a humbler sphere, it rendered to the relation of persons bound together by an obligation of "quasi-contract." ❋ Henry Sumner Maine (1855)
