breach of contract


noun

unexcused failure to fulfill one's duties under a contract.

Origin of breach of contract

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby breach of contract

Example sentences from the Web for breach of contract

  • It resulted in his 2007 breach-of-contract and fraud suit against the network and its parent company, Viacom.

    Erasing Dan Rather |Lloyd Grove |September 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

Cultural definitions for breach of contract

breach of contract

Failure to live up to the terms of a contract. The failure may provoke a lawsuit, in which an aggrieved party asks a court to award financial compensation for the loss brought about by the breach.