Negotiorum Gestio
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. In thecivillaw. Literally, a doing of business or businesses. A species of spontaneous agency, or an interference by one in the affairs of another, in his absence, from benevolence or friendship, and without authority.
2 Kent, Comm. 616, note; Inst, 3, 28, 1.