| NOUN | act | breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty |
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| Meaning | A breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract. | |
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| Narrower | anticipatory breach, constructive breach | A breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance |
| breach of promise | failure to keep a promise (of marriage) | |
| breach of the covenant of warranty | A failure of the seller's guarantee of good title | |
| breach of trust | violation (either through fraud / fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him | |
| breach of warranty | A breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty | |
| material breach | A breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract | |
| partial breach | A breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages | |
| Broader | breach | A failure to perform some promised act or obligation |
| Spanish | incumplimiento de contrato | |
| Catalan | incompliment de contracte | |
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