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Repudiation

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Repudiation, (1) the putting away of a wife or of a woman betrothed; (2) the renunciation of a contract [which renders the repudiator liable to be sued for breach of contract, and entitles the repudiatee, on accepting the repudiation, to treat the contract as at an end: see per Lord Blackburn in Mersey Steel and Iron Co. v. Naylor, (1884) 9 App Cas 434] (see WARRANTY); (3) the refusal to accept a benefice.

A contracting party's words or actions that indicate an intention not to perform the contract in the future; a threatened breach of contract, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1306.

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