material breach

/məˌtɪriəl britʃ/
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Other forms: material breaches

Definitions of material breach
  1. noun
    a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract
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    type of:
    breach of contract
    a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
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