(ii) perform some agreed-upon act; or
(iii) comply with a legal duty owed to another/society.
- ANTICIPATORY BREACH
- see anticipatory breach
- BREACH OF CONTRACT
- a wrongful nonperformance of any contractual duty of immediate performance; failing to perform acts promised – by hindering/preventing such performance (or by repudiating the duty to perform).
- BREACH OF THE PEACE
- conduct that destroys/menaces public order/tranquility (eg, violent acts; menacing acts/words). In its broadest sense the term refers to any criminal offense.
- BREACH OF PROMISE
- failure to fulfill a promise; often used as an abbreviation for “breach of the promise of marriage”
- BREACH OF TRUST
- a trustee’s violation, whether willful/fraudulent (or because of negligence/oversight/forgetfulness of a duty that equity places upon him/her)
- BREACH OF WARRANTY
- infraction of an express/implied agreement as to the title/quality/content/condition of a sold item
- MATERIAL BREACH
- see material
- PARTIAL BREACH
- see partial breach
