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anticipatory repudiation

anticipatory repudiation : a refusal by one party to a contract to perform his or her future obligations under the contract that is expressed either by a clear statement of refusal or by a statement or action that clearly implies refusal ...


repudiation

repudiation : the rejection or renunciation of a duty or obligation (as under a contract) ;esp : anticipatory repudiation NOTE: A party aggrieved by a repudiation may consider a repudiated contract to have been breached and bring an action for relief. ...


breach

breach 1 a : a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer) in carrying out the functions of his or her position breach of trust : a breach by a trustee of the terms of a trust (as by stealing from or carelessly mishandling the funds) breach of warranty : a breach by a seller of the terms of a warranty (as by the failure of the goods to conform to the seller's description or by a defect in title) NOTE: A seller may be liable for a breach of warranty even without any negligence or misconduct. b : failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract called also breach of contract compare repudiation an·tic·i·pa·to·ry breach : a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of the contract ef·fi·c...


anticipatory warrant

anticipatory warrant : anticipatory search warrant at warrant ...


Repudiation

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....


Repudiation

The act of repudiating or the state of being repuddiated as the repudiation of a doctrine a wife a debt etc...


anticipatory

anticipatory : of or relating to a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action [an challenge brought for declaratory and injunctive relief "L. H. Tribe"] an·tic·i·pa·tor·i·ly [-ti-sə-pə-tōr-ə-lē] adv ...


anticipatory breach

anticipatory breach see breach ...


anticipatory search warrant

anticipatory search warrant see warrant ...


Anticipatory nuisance

Anticipatory nuisance, means a condition that although not yet at the level of a nuisance, is very likely to become one, so that a party may obtain an injunction prohibiting the condition, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1094....


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