breach of a promise
21breach — The breaking or violating of a law, right, obligation, engagement, or duty, either by commission or omission. Exists where one party to contract fails to carry out term, promise, or condition of the contract Rights and remedies. Parts 6 and 7 of… …
22breach — The breaking or violating of a law, right, obligation, engagement, or duty, either by commission or omission. Exists where one party to contract fails to carry out term, promise, or condition of the contract Rights and remedies. Parts 6 and 7 of… …
23Breach of contract — Contract law Part …
24breach — [[t]bri͟ːtʃ[/t]] breaches, breaching, breached 1) VERB If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it. [V n] The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy... [V n] The film breached the criminal libel laws. Syn: violate …
25breach — n. & v. n. 1 (often foll. by of) the breaking of or failure to observe a law, contract, etc. 2 a a breaking of relations; an estrangement. b a quarrel. 3 a a broken state. b a gap, esp. one made by artillery in fortifications. v.tr. 1 break… …
26breach — ▪ I. breach breach 1 [briːtʆ] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] LAW an action that breaks an agreement, rule, law etc: • The company wrote a letter of apology to the Israeli government, saying that any breach of the rules was unintentional. • They …
27breach — breacher, n. /breech/, n. 1. the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture. 2. an infraction or violation, as of a law, trust, faith, or promise. 3. a gap made in a wall, fortification, line of soldiers, etc.; rift; fissure. 4. a severance of …
28breach of promise — Literally the failure to perform a promise, but known to the law and also to laymen as breach of promise of marriage. 12 Am J2d Breach P § 1 …
29breach of contract — noun a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract • Hypernyms: ↑breach • Hyponyms: ↑anticipatory breach, ↑constructive breach, ↑breach of the covenant of warranty, ↑breach of promise, ↑ …
30promise — A declaration which binds the person who makes it, either in honor, conscience, or law, to do or forbear a certain specific act, and which gives to the person to whom made a right to expect or claim the performance of some particular thing. A… …
