breach

  • 71breach of promise — ► breach of promise the breaking of a sworn assurance. Main Entry: ↑breach …

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  • 72breach of the peace — ► breach of the peace chiefly Brit. the criminal offence of behaving in a violent or noisy way that causes a public disturbance. Main Entry: ↑breach …

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  • 73breach of confidence — noun The giving away of a secret or confidential information • • • Main Entry: ↑breach …

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  • 74breach of security — phrase a situation in which someone gets into a place that is usually guarded, or discovers information that should be kept secret Thesaurus: spies and spyinghyponym Main entry: breach …

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  • 75breach security — phrase to get into a place that is usually guarded, or to discover information that should be kept secret A group of protesters breached security and got inside the military base. Thesaurus: to arrive in a place, or to enter a placesynonym to… …

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  • 76breach of arrestment — in the Scots law of delict, the wrong of paying money away or giving goods over when one has been served with a lawful arrestment. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 77breach of warranty of authority — conduct contrary to the representation that one is an agent for a principal (See agency). Where an agent has contracted as agent (rather than personally), in general he cannot be made personally liable on the contract. An exception to this rule… …

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  • 78breach, partial — n. A failure to perform some of the duties of a contract, which gives the nonbreaching party the right to collect damages but does not excuse his or her performance of contractual duties. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An… …

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  • 79breach of a promise — index delinquency (failure of duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 80breach of allegiance — index treason Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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