negotiorum gestio
negotiorum gestio (ni-goh-shee-or-[schwa]m jes-chee-oh), n. [Latin “management of another’s affairs”] Roman & civil law. A quasi-contractual situation in which an actor (negotiorum gestor) manages or interferes in the business transaction of another person (dominus negotii) in that person’s absence, without authority but out of concern or friendship. La. Civ. Code art. 2292. • By such […]