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verbact in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
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nouna personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
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verbmake an opening or gap in
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nouna failure to perform some promised act or obligationtype of:
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nounan opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
Definition that contains breach
- abnormality behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- irregularity behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- barratry (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo
- constructive fraud comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
- court-martial a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
- severable contract a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument
- breach of duty a breach of due care
- fall out have a breach in relations
- 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
- breach of warranty a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty