QUASI PURCHASE. This term is used in the civil law to denote that a thing is
to be considered as purchased from the presumed consent of the owner of the
thing; as, if a man should consume a cheese, which is in his possession and
belonging to another, with an intent to pay the price of it to the owner,
the consent of the latter will be presumed, as the cheese would have been
spoiled by keeping it longer. Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. Sec. 691.