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quasi-offense

quasi-offense in the civil law of Louisiana : a negligent unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare offense ...

offense or of·fence [ə-fens] n 1 : a violation of the law ;esp : a criminal act [nor shall any person be subject for the same to be twice put in jeopardy "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] see also lesser included offense 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : an intentional unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare quasi contract at contract, quasi-offense NOTE: Breach of contract, offenses, quasi-offenses, and quasi contracts are the bases for civil liability under the civil law. Offenses and quasi-offenses are comparable to common-law torts. ...

quasi-delict

quasi-delict in the civil law of Louisiana : quasi-offense ...

virile share

virile share [partial translation of French part (or portion) virile equally alloted share (as in an intestate inheritance), from Latin pars virilis, literally, male's share] in the civil law of Louisiana : an amount for which a solidary obligor (as a partner) is liable: as a : an amount due from the obligor under a solidary obligation (as a debt) arising from a contract or quasi contract that is equal to that of each other obligor unless there is an agreement or judgment to the contrary b : an amount based on the proportionate fault of the obligor when the obligation arises from an offense (as in negligence) or quasi-offense called also virile portion ...

obligation

obligation 1 : a promise, acknowledgment, or agreement (as a contract) that binds one to a specific performance (as payment) ;also : the binding power of such an agreement or indication [held that the amendment did not unconstitutionally impair the s of contracts "Davis v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 521 N.W.2d 366 (1994)"] 2 : a debt security (as a corporate or government bond) see also collateralized mortgage obligation 3 : what one is obligated to do, satisfy, or fulfill: as a : a commitment to pay a particular amount of money [does not create a debt, liability, or other , legal or moral "State v. Florida Dev. Fin. Corp., 650 So. 2d 14 (1995)"] ;also : an amount owed in such a commitment b : a duty arising from law, contract, or morality [had a legal as an employer] [a contractual ] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : a relationship that binds one party to a performance (as a payment or transfer) or nonperformance for another party see also contract, offense, quasi-offen...

tortfeasor

tortfeasor [Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer, from tort wrong + fesor faisour doer, maker, from Old French, from fais-, stem of faire to do, make, from Latin facere] : a person who commits a tort, delict, or quasi-offense ...

quasi

quasi [Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if] : having such a resemblance to another thing as to fall within its general category [a quasi corporation] adv : in some significant sense or degree often used in combination [quasi-fiscal] see also quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative vt : to establish or make (title) secure by means of an action that produces a final determination of the respective rights of parties who are in dispute over property compare cloud on title ...

quasi

quasi [Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if] : having such a resemblance to another thing as to fall within its general category [a quasi corporation] adv : in some significant sense or degree often used in combination [quasi-fiscal] see also quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative vt : to establish or make (title) secure by means of an action that produces a final determination of the respective rights of parties who are in dispute over property compare cloud on title ...

quasi in rem

quasi in rem [Latin, as if against a thing] : as if one were proceeding against the thing used esp. in reference to proceedings (as for attachment of property) in which one seeks satisfaction of a claim against a person by adjudication of rights to a particular property over which jurisdiction can be obtained see also quasi in rem jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare in personam, in rem NOTE: The plaintiff in a quasi in rem action uses the court's jurisdiction over the defendant's property in hopes of obtaining a remedy for a claim (as for money) against the defendant. A quasi in rem action is often used when jurisdiction over the defendant cannot be obtained due to his or her absence from the state. ...

Quasi

As if as though as it were in a manner sense or degree having some resemblance to qualified used as an adjective or a prefix with a noun or an adjective as a quasi contract an implied contract an obligation which has arisen from some act as if from a contract a quasi corporation a body that has some but not all of the peculiar attributes of a corporation a quasi argument that which resembles or is used as an argument quasi historical apparently historical seeming to be historical...

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