{"component": "definition", "props": {"groups": [{"snippet_links": [{"key": "based-on", "type": "clause", "offset": [61, 69]}, {"key": "the-concept", "type": "clause", "offset": [70, 81]}, {"key": "labor-and-materials", "type": "clause", "offset": [114, 133]}, {"key": "the-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [209, 216]}, {"key": "promise-to-pay", "type": "definition", "offset": [227, 241]}, {"key": "reasonable-amount", "type": "definition", "offset": [244, 261]}, {"key": "materials-furnished", "type": "clause", "offset": [280, 299]}], "samples": [{"hash": "bq14iTCii32", "uri": "https://www.gppb.gov.ph/downloadables/forms/LGU-Volume%202.pdf", "label": "www.gppb.gov.ph", "score": 8.1704311371, "published": false}, {"hash": "jnjsaL964bh", "uri": "https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/sites/default/files/webform/goods_and_services/advertisement/Bid%20Docs.%20CID%2017CI0011-G%20March%2028%2C%202017.docx", "label": "www.dpwh.gov.ph", "score": 6.4442162514, "published": false}, {"hash": "78kUHoh5HTD", "uri": "https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/DPWH/sites/default/files/webform/goods_and_services/advertisement/Bid%20Docs.%20CID%2017CI0011-G%20Feb.%208%2C%202017.docx", "label": "www.dpwh.gov.ph", "score": 6.4442162514, "published": false}], "size": 3, "snippet": "means \u201cas much as he deserves.\u201d It is an equitable doctrine, based on the concept that no one who benefits by the labor and materials of another should be unjustly enriched thereby; under these circumstances, the law implies a promise to pay a reasonable amount for the labor and materials furnished. (Black\u2019s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition)", "hash": "218e7ad9850611a5fb92223ccf33f43a", "id": 1}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "a-person", "type": "clause", "offset": [68, 76]}, {"key": "other-party", "type": "definition", "offset": [122, 133]}, {"key": "performance-of-the-contract", "type": "clause", "offset": [205, 232]}, {"key": "the-party", "type": "clause", "offset": [250, 259]}, {"key": "the-work", "type": "clause", "offset": [278, 286]}, {"key": "the-request", "type": "clause", "offset": [502, 513]}, {"key": "the-service", "type": "clause", "offset": [525, 536]}, {"key": "promise-to-pay", "type": "definition", "offset": [575, 589]}, {"key": "the-right", "type": "clause", "offset": [664, 673]}, {"key": "of-contract", "type": "clause", "offset": [717, 728]}, {"key": "right-to-damages", "type": "clause", "offset": [736, 752]}, {"key": "contractual-obligation", "type": "definition", "offset": [786, 808]}, {"key": "the-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [815, 822]}], "samples": [{"hash": "kW1B4upRl5B", "uri": "http://www.snscourseware.org/snsrcas/files/CW_5dee1eadb5f29/ML%20UNIT%20I%20(1).docx", "label": "Contract", "score": 16.0450621491, "published": false}], "size": 3, "snippet": "literally means \u2018as much as earned\u2019 or as much as it merited\u2019. When a person has done some work under a contract, and the other party repudiates the contract, or some event happens which makes the further performance of the contract impossible, them the party who has performed the work can claim remuneration for the work he has already done. Likewise, where one person has expressly or impliedly requested another to render him a service without specifying any remuneration, but the circumstances of the request imply that the service is to be paid for, there is implied a promise to pay quantum meruit, i.e. so much as the party rendering the service deserves. The right to claim quantum meruit does not arise out of contract as the right to damages does, it is a claim on the quasi-contractual obligation which the law implies in the circumstances.", "hash": "e73a0be00009f771806558198fb9e99d", "id": 2}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "value-of-services", "type": "definition", "offset": [24, 41]}, {"key": "general-rule", "type": "clause", "offset": [94, 106]}, {"key": "a-person", "type": "clause", "offset": [118, 126]}, {"key": "services-for", "type": "clause", "offset": [145, 157]}, {"key": "the-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [191, 198]}, {"key": "to-pay", "type": "clause", "offset": [302, 308]}, {"key": "union-bank", "type": "definition", "offset": [431, 441]}, {"key": "perform-services", "type": "clause", "offset": [551, 567]}, {"key": "the-request", "type": "clause", "offset": [590, 601]}, {"key": "the-services", "type": "clause", "offset": [611, 623]}, {"key": "to-the-defendant", "type": "clause", "offset": [638, 654]}, {"key": "established-a", "type": "definition", "offset": [674, 687]}, {"key": "prima-facie-case", "type": "definition", "offset": [688, 704]}], "samples": [{"hash": "kcLVI8nHTxt", "uri": "https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=25624", "label": "www.wicourts.gov", "score": 3.0, "published": false}, {"hash": "cPdDLF9Gkd4", "uri": "https://cases.justia.com/wisconsin/court-of-appeals/2005AP002267-(2006-06-22).pdf?ts=1396152589", "label": "cases.justia.com", "score": 3.0, "published": false}], "size": 2, "snippet": "means \u201c[t]he reasonable value of services.\u201d BLACK\u2019S LAW DICTIONARY 1276 (8th ed. 2004). \u201c\u2018The general rule is that if a person performs valuable services for another at that other\u2019s request, the law implies, as matter of fact, the making of a promise by the latter and acceptance thereof by the former to pay the one performing the service the reasonable value thereof.\u2019\u201d Theuerkauf, 102 Wis. 2d at 184 (quoting Wojahn v. National Union Bank, 144 Wis. 646, 667, 129 N.W. 1068 (1911)). Where a plaintiff establishes \u201c(1) the defendant requested him to perform services, (2) he complied with the request, and (3) the services were valuable to the defendant, the plaintiff has established a prima facie case\u201d for quantum meruit recovery. Theuerkauf, 102 Wis. 2d at 185.", "hash": "7ecd1d6115ab2e7a037961c764a9b524", "id": 3}, {"snippet_links": [], "samples": [{"hash": "bSWOTjMAlbb", "uri": "http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/8/2015/2015-Ohio-1839.pdf", "label": "www.supremecourt.ohio.gov", "score": 5.6885695457, "published": false}, {"hash": "lmKbjdCUYcx", "uri": "https://cases.justia.com/ohio/eighth-district-court-of-appeals/2015-101861.pdf?ts=1431627300", "label": "cases.justia.com", "score": 5.6817250252, "published": false}], "size": 2, "snippet": "means literally \u2018as much as deserved.\u2019\u201d Reid, Johnson, Downes, Andrachik & Webster v. Lansberry, 68 Ohio St.3d 570, 573, 629 N.E.2d 431 (1994), quoting Black\u2019s Law Dictionary 1243 (6th Ed.1990).", "hash": "6b42f8207b6dc40f5ccbdf30f4771f40", "id": 4}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "the-claim", "type": "definition", "offset": [34, 43]}, {"key": "payment-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [88, 98]}, {"key": "development-corporation", "type": "clause", "offset": [149, 172]}, {"key": "the-court-of-appeal", "type": "clause", "offset": [183, 202]}, {"key": "one-party", "type": "definition", "offset": [250, 259]}, {"key": "void-contract", "type": "clause", "offset": [268, 281]}, {"key": "the-party", "type": "clause", "offset": [283, 292]}, {"key": "the-work", "type": "clause", "offset": [301, 309]}, {"key": "in-good-faith", "type": "clause", "offset": [407, 420]}, {"key": "the-contract", "type": "definition", "offset": [452, 464]}], "samples": [{"hash": "6K7i3NWmmUS", "uri": "https://portal.abuad.edu.ng/Assignments/1588885635LAW_OF_CONTRACT.pdf", "label": "portal.abuad.edu.ng", "score": 11.173169136, "published": false}], "size": 1, "snippet": "means \u2018as much as he has earned\u2019. The claim is contractual in nature and it implies the payment of a reasonable sum. In Ekpe v. Mid-Western Nigerian Development Corporation (1967).20 The Court of Appeal held that where work has actually been done by one party under a void contract, the party who did the work can \u2587\u2587\u2587 on Quantum Meruit to recover his remuneration for the work done provided he did the work in good faith and without the knowledge that the contract was void.", "hash": "51a535939211f32943a889e16132a848", "id": 5}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "the-measure-of-damages", "type": "clause", "offset": [129, 151]}, {"key": "a-party", "type": "clause", "offset": [165, 172]}, {"key": "unjust-enrichment", "type": "definition", "offset": [208, 225]}, {"key": "the-court", "type": "clause", "offset": [305, 314]}, {"key": "the-case", "type": "definition", "offset": [387, 395]}, {"key": "of-the-parties", "type": "clause", "offset": [425, 439]}], "samples": [{"hash": "6dfSVwWKU3L", "uri": "http://bfazlaw.com/assets/mesa-bank-v.-alexander---trial-ruling-minute-entry-dated-8-16-10--filed-8-17-10.pdf", "label": "bfazlaw.com", "score": 7.0479125977, "published": false}], "size": 1, "snippet": "which literally means \u201cas much as he deserves,\u201d Murdock- Bryant Const., Inc., v. Pearson, 146 Ariz. 48, 703 P.2d 1197 (1985), is the measure of damages imposed when a party prevails on the equitable claim of unjust enrichment. Landi v. Arkules, 172 Ariz. 126, 835 P.2d 458 (App. 1992). In an equity case, the court \u201cadapts its relief and molds its decrees to satisfy the requirements of the case and to conserve the equities of the parties litigant. The court has such plenary power since its purpose is the accomplishment of justice amid all of the vicissitudes and intricacies of life\u2026\u201d Mason v. Ellison, 63 Ariz. 196, 160 P.2d 326 (1945).", "hash": "026f2c2fa3445ba87d53a695878779e7", "id": 6}, {"snippet_links": [], "samples": [{"hash": "kXmfgN1Uz6q", "uri": "https://www.srigcsrcollege.org/Business%20law%20notes.pdf", "label": "www.srigcsrcollege.org", "score": 9.4476385117, "published": false}], "size": 1, "snippet": "means \u2018as much as merited or \u2018as much as earned\u2019.", "hash": "8f2ddb403c8413fadb77484df1804050", "id": 7}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "services-rendered", "type": "definition", "offset": [19, 36]}, {"key": "the-government", "type": "clause", "offset": [40, 54]}, {"key": "to-pay", "type": "clause", "offset": [93, 99]}, {"key": "based-on", "type": "clause", "offset": [100, 108]}, {"key": "enforceable-contract", "type": "clause", "offset": [180, 200]}], "samples": [{"hash": "ageOVytucFI", "uri": "https://www.usace.army.mil/Portals/2/docs/Contracting/UAI_UDG_30NOV2021_asof_June2022.pdf?ver=vlvGLrBBQqIaLzIkUMswPA%3D%3D", "label": "www.usace.army.mil", "score": 11.4709100723, "published": false}], "size": 1, "snippet": "means the value of services rendered to the Government for which the Government is obligated to pay based on an implied contract when the amount due is not stipulated in a legally enforceable contract.", "hash": "e74bc00fc018e2d24b8a2000e2b33889", "id": 8}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "to-compensate", "type": "clause", "offset": [125, 138]}, {"key": "an-individual", "type": "clause", "offset": [139, 152]}, {"key": "reasonable-value", "type": "definition", "offset": [161, 177]}, {"key": "the-services", "type": "clause", "offset": [181, 193]}, {"key": "city-of-seattle", "type": "clause", "offset": [245, 260]}], "samples": [{"hash": "7vRGlSlWmGM", "uri": "https://cases.justia.com/washington/court-of-appeals-division-ii/40171-1-0.pdf?ts=1349210311", "label": "cases.justia.com", "score": 4.3661875725, "published": false}], "size": 1, "snippet": "literally means \u201cas much as he deserved.\u201d Losli v. Foster, 37 Wn.2d 220, 233, 222 P.2d 824 (1950). Courts use quantum meruit to compensate an individual for the reasonable value of the services he or she has provided to another. See Schuehle v. City of Seattle, 199 Wash. 675, 683, 92 P.2d 1109 (1939); Young v. Young, 164 Wn.2d 477, 485, 191", "hash": "c0a47faabaf97e2dd3102ed2cfc0a434", "id": 9}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "recovery-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [60, 71]}, {"key": "reasonable-amount", "type": "definition", "offset": [74, 91]}, {"key": "unjust-enrichment", "type": "definition", "offset": [101, 118]}], "samples": [{"hash": "87UE8XTH6CP", "uri": "https://www.omlaw.com/uploads/docs/blog_cases/Levine.pdf", "label": "www.omlaw.com", "score": 7.0616016388, "published": false}], "size": 1, "snippet": "literally means \u2018as much as he deserves,\u2019\u201d and contemplates recovery of a reasonable amount to avoid unjust enrichment. Murdock-Bryant Constr., Inc. v. Pearson, 146 Ariz. 48, 52 & n.4 (1985) (quoting Black\u2019s Law Dictionary 1119 (5th ed. 1979)).", "hash": "781770845a9923058225dcdcdf3c74f8", "id": 10}], "next_curs": "ClsSVWoVc35sYXdpbnNpZGVyY29udHJhY3RzcjcLEhpEZWZpbml0aW9uU25pcHBldEdyb3VwX3Y1NiIXcXVhbnR1bS1tZXJ1aXQjMDAwMDAwMGEMogECZW4YACAA", "definition": {"size": 23, "title": "Quantum meruit", "snippet": "means \u201cas much as he deserves.\u201d It is an equitable doctrine, based on the concept that no one who benefits by the labor and materials of another should be unjustly enriched thereby; under these circumstances, the law implies a promise to pay a reasonable amount for the labor and materials furnished. (Black\u2019s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition)", "id": "quantum-meruit", "examples": ["Delay \u2014 Payment, compensation to builder \u2014 Preparation of estimates \u2014 Evidence and proof \u2014 Extras \u2014 Whether extra work was done pursuant to the terms of the original contract \u2014 Determination of amount of compensation \u2014 <strong>Quantum meruit</strong> claims \u2014 Circumstances where doctrine not applied.", "<strong>Quantum meruit</strong> after the contract is declared illegal because of a conflict of interest."], "related": [["epic", "EPIC", "EPIC"], ["cannabis-resin", "cannabis resin", "cannabis resin"], ["npci", "NPCI", "NPCI"], ["csa", "CSA", "CSA"], ["aashto", "AASHTO", "AASHTO"]], "related_snippets": [], "updated": "2025-07-17T06:20:50+00:00"}, "json": true, "cursor": ""}}