Negotiorum gestio ([ni-ˌgō-shē-ˈȯr-əm-ˈjes-chē-ō], Latin for "management of business") is a form of

spontaneous voluntary agency in which an intervenor or intermeddler, the gestor, acts on behalf and
for the benefit of a principal (dominus negotii), but without the latter's prior consent. The gestor is
only entitled to reimbursement for expenses and not to remuneration, the underlying principle being
that negotiorum gestio is intended as an act of generosity and friendship and not to allow the gestor
to profit from his intermeddling. This form of intervention is classified as a quasi-contract and found
in civil-law jurisdictions and in mixed systems (e.g. Louisiana, Scots, South African, and Philippine
laws).
For example, while you are traveling abroad, a typhoon hits your home town and the roofing of your
house is in danger. To avoid the catastrophic situation, your neighbour does something urgently
necessary. You are the 'principal' and your neighbour here is the 'gestor', the act of which saved
your house is the negotiorum gestio.