breach of promise
51breach, breech — Frequently confused. Breach describes an infraction or a gap. It should always suggest break, a word to which it is related. Breech applies to the rear or lower portion of things. The main expressions are breach of faith (or promise), breech… …
52breach of faith — a betrayal of confidence or trust * * * a violation of good faith, confidence, or trust; betrayal: To abandon your friends now would be a breach of faith. [1630 40] * * * breach of faith, a breaking of a promise …
53breach of contract — A failure without legal excuse to perform any promise which forms a whole or a part of a contract, including the refusal of a party to recognize the existence of the contract or the doing of something inconsistent with its existence. National… …
54breach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. split, rift, schism; dissension, discord; hole, chasm, opening; violation, infringement. See illegality, interval. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An opening, especially in fortifications] Syn. break, gap,… …
55Efficient breach — refers to an intentional breach of contract and payment of damages by a party who would incur greater economic loss by performing under the contract. Development of Efficient Breach Theory According to Black s Law Dictionary, efficient breach… …
56Illusory promise — In contract law, an illusory promise is one that courts will not enforce. This is in contrast with a contract, which is a promise that courts will enforce. A promise may be illusory for a number of reasons. In common law countries this usually… …
57break one's word — breach a promise, violate a promise, not to stand behind one s words …
58BETROTHAL — (Heb. שִׁדּוּכִין, shiddukhin). Definition In Jewish law shiddukhin is defined as the mutual promise between a man and a woman to contract a marriage at some future time and the formulations of the terms (tena im, see below) on which it shall… …
59Betrothal — • In the Catholic Church, a deliberate and free, mutual, true promise, externally expressed, of future marriage between determinate and fit persons Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Betrothal Betrothal …
60ASMAKHTA — (Aram. אַסְמַכְתָּא; support, reliance ), legal term with two connotations in the Talmud. (1) In rabbinical exegesis it denotes the use of a biblical text merely as a support for a halakhah without suggesting that the halakhah is thus actually… …
