quasi

quasi
/kweysay/kwoziy/ As if; almost as it were; analogous to. This term is used in legal phraseology to indicate that one subject resembles another, with which it is compared, in certain characteristics, but that there are intrinsic and material differences between them. Cannon v. Miller, 22 Wash.2d 227, 155 P.2d 500, 503, 507.
A term used to mark a resemblance, and supposes a difference between two objects. It is exclusively a term of classification. It implies that conception to which it serves as index is connected with conception with which comparison is instituted by strong superficial analogy or resemblance. Moreover it negatives idea of identity, but points out that the conceptions are sufficiently similar for one to be classed as the equal of the other. South Discount Foods, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union Local 1552, Com. PI., 14 Ohio Misc. 188, 235 N.E.2d 143, 147.
It is often prefixed to English words, implying mere appearance or want of reality or having some resemblance to given thing.
- quasi corporation
- quasi crime
- quasi delict
- quasi derelict
- quasi easement
- quasi fee
- quasi in rem
- quasi municipal corporation
- quasi offense
- quasi partner
- quasi personalty
- quasi possession
- quasi posthumous child
- quasi purchase
- quasi realty
- quasi tenant
- quasi tort
- quasi traditio
- quasi trustee
- quasi usufruct, see those titles

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