Definition of "quasi-contract" []

• An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties. (noun)

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