Quasi Contract - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition quasi-contract

Definition :

Quasi-contract, an act which has not the strict form of a contract, but yet has the effect of it; an implied contract.

Means that a man in certain cases is bound as if he had made a contract, though in fact no contract was made. 'Unjust enrichment' or 'restitution' are suggested as alternative expressions, Kamalpur (Assam) Tea Estate Private Ltd., Jorhat v. Supdt of Taxes, Jorhat, (1988) 1 Gau LR 290.