OFFICIOUS INTERMEDDLER

officious intermeddler ([schwa]-fish-[schwa]s). A person who confers a benefit on another without being requested or having a legal duty to do so, and who therefore has no legal grounds to demand restitution for the benefit conferred. — Sometimes shortened to intermeddler. [Cases: Implied and Constructive Contracts 3. C.J.S. Implied and Constructive Contracts § 5.]