Law Dictionary Definitions

quasi-usufruct. See USUFRUCT. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-trustee. See TRUSTEE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi traditio (kway-sI [or -zI] tr<<schwa>>-dish-ee-oh). [Latin “as if transfer”] Roman law. A party’s acquisition of a servitude by using it with the informal permission or acquiescence of the owner. “According to the civil law again a servitude — that is, a limited right of user in respect of a thing not one’s own, e.g.…

quasi-tort. See TORT. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-tenant. See TENANT. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-suspect classification.See SUSPECT CLASSIFICATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-seisin. See SEISIN. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-rent. (often pl.) Law and economics. Value over and above one’s opportunity cost or next best alternative; the excess of an asset’s value over its salvage value. • In the economic theory of marriage, a quasi-rent is a spouse’s excess value of the marriage over the value of the next best option of not being…

quasi-realty. See REALTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-pupillary substitution.See SUBSTITUTION(5). [Blacks Law 8th]