practice. To overthrow or annul. 2. When proceedings are clearly irregular and void the courts will quash them, both in civil and criminal cases: for example, when the array is clearly irregular, as if the jurors have been selected by persons not authorized by law, it will be quashed. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3342. 3. In criminal cases, when an indictment is so defective that no … [Read more...]

Latin: As if; as it were; analogous to. This term is used in legal phraseology to Indicate that one subject resembles another, with which it is compared, in certain characteristics, but that there are also intrinsic differences between them. It is exclusively a term of classification. Prefixed to a term of Roman law, it implies that the conception to which it serves as an index … [Read more...]

Unjust enrichment, implied in fact contract. When a court acts as if an actual contract existed when one may have been implied by law in order to prevent another party from being unjustly enriched. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A term used in the civil law. A quasi-contract is the act of a person, permitted by law, by which he obligates himself towards another, … [Read more...]

This term is applied to such bodies or municipal societies, which, though not vested with the general powers of corporations, are yet recognized by statutes or immemorial usage, as persons or aggregate corporations, with precise duties which may be enforced, and privileges which may be maintained by suits at law. They may be considered qua corporations, with limited powers, … [Read more...]

The right of a court to punish a person's or party's wrongdoing as if the actions of the defendant were criminal. … [Read more...]