/ · 1894 Brewer’s · Q · Quasi (Latin)
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Something which is not the real thing, but may be accepted in its place; thus a
Quasi contract is not a real contract, but something which may be accepted as a contract, and has the force of one.
Quasi tenant. The tenant of a house sub-let.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.