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What is the usual name for the obligations dealt with in Chapter V of the Indian Contract Act, 1872,…

Quasi-contractual obligations arise by operation of law even without a contract between the parties. Chapter V includes, for example, the obligation to return money paid by…

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What is the usual name for the obligations dealt with in Chapter V of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, which resemble obligations created by contract?

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Quasi-contractual obligations arise by operation of law even without a contract between the parties. Chapter V includes, for example, the obligation to return money paid by mistake.

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Option A

A contingent contract under section 31 depends on an event collateral to the contract. It is a different category.

Option B

Section 30 deals with agreements by way of wager. That is a different subject from the obligations in Chapter V.

Option C

Quasi-contracts is the usual name for the relations resembling contract addressed in Chapter V.

Option D

Chapter V imposes duties in specified circumstances. It does not classify those duties as irregular contracts.

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