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In law, unjust enrichment is where one person is unjustly or by chance enriched at the expense of another, and an obligation to make restitution arises, regardless of liability for wrongdoing. A common example is when a party contracts to provide a service, but the contract is terminated prematurely due to a breach, and the contractor unjustly receives no compensation for partial services rendered.

The concept of unjust enrichment is based upon the Roman legal maxim "no one should be benefited at another's expense" (nemo locupletari potest aliena iactura or nemo locupletari debet cum alien iactura). (Wikipedia)

"He was an accomplice of a crime, this man," Lanzmann states categorically. If his father hadn't turned up by chance and started to shoot, he adds, "I would have been sent immediately to Auschwitz". (The Independent)