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Quasi Offenses

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or QUASI CRIMES. Wrongs against the general or local public which have not been declared crimes (68 111. 375); e. g., bastardy proceedings, which are commonly said to be quasi criminal. Offenses for which some person other than the actual perpetrator is responsible, the perpetrator being presumed to act by command of the responsible party. Injuries which have been unintentionally caused.