breach of contract

Other forms: breaches of contract

Definitions of breach of contract

1. noun

   a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
   types:

   anticipatory breach, constructive breach

   a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance

   breach of the covenant of warranty

   a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title

   breach of promise

   failure to keep a promise (of marriage)

   breach of trust

   violation (either through 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

   type of:

   breach

   a failure to perform some promised act or obligation