unjust enrichment
The principle that one who receives a benefit at another's expense in circumstances that make retention unjust must pay for it; the substantive basis of restitution and quasi-contract, defeated where the benefit was a gift, was forced on the recipient, or is governed by an express contract.
In SpanishEn español
enriquecimiento injusto
Quien recibe un beneficio a costa de otro en circunstancias que hacen injusto conservarlo debe pagarlo; base sustantiva de la restitución y el cuasicontrato, que falla cuando el beneficio fue un regalo, se impuso al receptor o está regido por un contrato expreso. CCF art. 1882.
ExamplesEjemplos
- A neighbor who paints your house while you watch and say nothing may recover; one who paints it while you are away may not. El vecino que pinta tu casa mientras miras sin decir nada puede cobrar; el que la pinta mientras no estás, no.
RelatedRelacionados: restitution (interest and remedy), quasi-contract (restitution), officious intermeddler (volunteer)
Cases: Cotnam v. Wisdom
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