Quasi Tort
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Though not a recognized term of English law, it may be conveniently used in those cases where a man who has not committed a tort is liable as if he had. Thus, a master is liable for wrongful acts done by his servant in the course of his employment. Broom, Com. Law, 690; Underh. Torts, 29. Austin rejects "quasi torts," or "quasi delict," altogether. Austin, Jur. 959. QUASI-TRADITIO (Lat.)
In civil law. A term used to designate that a person is in the use of the property of another, which the latter suffers and does not oppose. Lee. Elm. § 396. It also signifies the act by which the right of property is ceded in a thing to a person who is in possession of it; as, if I loan a boat to Paul, and deliver it to him, and afterwards I sell him the boat, it is not requisite that he should deliver the boat to me to be again delivered to him. There is a quasi tradition or delivery.