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Breach

Meanings and phrases

breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
  2. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
  3. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); rupture; break; severance; rift; falling out

breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
v.
  1. make an opening or gap in; gap
  2. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; transgress; offend; infract; violate; go against; break

anticipatory breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance; constructive breach

breach of contract

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
E.g.
  • Neal is in breach of contract and could be sued.
  • This act includes damages for breach of contract of sale.
  • Mr Jarvis sued for breach of contract.

breach of duty

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a breach of due care

breach of promise

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. failure to keep a promise (of marriage)

breach of the covenant of warranty

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title

breach of the peace

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled; disorderly conduct; disorderly behavior; disturbance of the peace

breach of trust

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
E.g.
  • You know you said where there was no confidence, there was no breach of trust.
  • Upon these accusations, she was investigated by the prosecutor general for financial breach of trust.
  • Zinck pleaded guilty on June 17, 2013 to charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust by a public officer.

breach of trust with fraudulent intent

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking

breach of warranty

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty

constructive breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance; anticipatory breach

material breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. 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

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages

data breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach is an example.
  • It also enhances protection from data breach and strengthens family security.
  • Feidler succeeded Richard F. Smith as the chairman of Equifax in the wake of the 2017 data breach.

security breach

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • In 2013, Adobe Systems endured a major security breach.
  • Users often fail to do this, which is why phishing has become the most common form of security breach.
  • If it was artillery as claimed, it shows that the security breach could only have come from Hezbollah.
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