Breach-of-contract
unexcused failure to fulfill one’s duties under a contract.
Contemporary Examples
Erasing Dan Rather Lloyd Grove September 15, 2009
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the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture. an infraction or violation, as of a law, trust, faith, or promise. a gap made in a wall, fortification, line of soldiers, etc.; rift; fissure. a severance of friendly relations. the leap of a whale above the surface of the water. Archaic. the breaking of […]