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quantum meruit

quantum meruit (kwon-t[schwa]m mer-oo-it). [Latin “as much as he has deserved”] 1. The reasonable value of services; damages awarded in an amount considered reasonable to compensate a person who has rendered services in a quasi-contractual relationship. 2. A claim or right of action for the reasonable value of services rendered. [Cases: Implied and Constructive Contracts

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quantum valebant

quantum valebant (kwon-t[schwa]m v[schwa]-lee-bant or -b[schwa]nt). [Latin “as much as they were worth”] 1. The reasonable value of goods and materials. 2. At common law, a count in an assumpsit action to recover payment for goods sold and delivered to another. • Quantum valebant — although less common than quantum meruit — is still used

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quantum valebant

quantum valebant 〈拉〉依其所值 1货物或原材料的合理价格;2依普通法,简约之诉〔assumpsit〕中的法官可判令违约方按货物价值进行赔偿。与quantum meruit相比,本词的使用不那么广泛,但现在仍可作为一种衡平救济的方式,用于不当得利的返还中。

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bounty

bounty. 1. A premium or benefit offered or given, esp. by a government, to induce someone to take action or perform a service (a bounty for the killing of dangerous animals). 2. A gift, esp. in a will; generosity in giving (the court will distribute the testator’s bounty equally). 3. The portion of a salvage

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joinder of remedies

The joinder of alternative claims, such as breach of contract and quantum meruit, or of one claim with another prospective claim, such as a creditor’s claim against a debtor to recover on a loan and the creditor’s claim against a third party to set aside the transfer of the loan’s collateral. [Cases: Action 43; Federal

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