breach of contract
71breach of duty — The failure or omission to do that which a person is bound by law to do, or the doing of it in an unlawful manner. See breach of contract; breach of covenant; negligence …
72breach of warranty — noun a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty • Hypernyms: ↑breach of contract …
73breach of the covenant of warranty — noun a failure of the seller s guarantee of good title • Hypernyms: ↑breach of contract …
74contract bond — an indemnity agreement to protect against loss due to breach of contract. Cf. performance bond. * * * …
75breach of warranty of authority — conduct contrary to the representation that one is an agent for a principal (See agency). Where an agent has contracted as agent (rather than personally), in general he cannot be made personally liable on the contract. An exception to this rule… …
76Breach of promise — is a former common law tort. From at least medieval times until the early 20th century, a man s promise of engagement to marry a woman was considered, in many jurisdictions, a legally binding contract. If the man were to subsequently change his… …
77breach of warranty — ˌbreach of ˈwarranty noun breaches of warranty PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] LAW when someone fails to do something that they have agreed to do as part of a contract * * * breach of warranty UK US noun [C or U] (plural breaches of warranty) …
78breach of confidence — an act or omission that infringes the obligation of confidence. This obligation is difficult to classify. Many obligations of this kind arise from contract, express or implied. It may be a tor tious or delictual obligation or it may be completely …
79breach — [brēch] n. [ME breche < OE bryce < brecan (see BREAK); infl. by OFr breche < OHG brecha, of same orig.] 1. Obs. a breaking or being broken 2. a failure to observe the terms, as of a law or promise, the customary forms, etc.; violation;… …
80breach, partial — n. A failure to perform some of the duties of a contract, which gives the nonbreaching party the right to collect damages but does not excuse his or her performance of contractual duties. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An… …
