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unjust enrichment
unjust enrichment definition - legal
n
- The keeping of a benefit bestowed or performed by another without offering appropriate compensation, in circumstances where compensation is appropriate.
- A benefit conferred by another and neither intended as a gift nor legally appropriate, for which the recipient must make restitution or payment.
- The portion of the law that treats unjustifiable enrichment of either of the foregoing types.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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