breach of contract
11breach of contract — unexcused failure to fulfill one s duties under a contract. [1825 35] * * * …
12breach of contract — noun An unjustifiable failure to perform under the terms of a contract when performance is due …
13breach of contract — noun the breaking, by action or omission, of an obligation imposed by a contract …
14breach of contract — /ˌbri:tʃ əv kɒntrækt/ noun the failure to do something which has been agreed in a contract …
15breach of contract — breaking of a legal agreement …
16anticipatory breach of contract — n. A breach of contract that occurs when one party announces before the time scheduled for performance that he or she will not perform according to the contract. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy …
17inducing breach of contract — a form of economic tort (See economic torts) consisting in A knowingly and unjustifiably inducing B to breach his contract with C, causing loss to C. The law generally permits considerable freedom in economic matters. In the leading case of Mogul …
18breach — / brēch/ n 1 a: a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty: a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer)… …
19contract — con·tract 1 / kän ˌtrakt/ n [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com with, together + trahere to draw] 1: an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to… …
20CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …
