breach : Idioms & Phrases

• implies that everything on deck is swept away.

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• implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking.

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• noun a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
  anticipatory breach.
  

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• noun a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
  

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• noun a breach of due care
  

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• a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust.

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• disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace.

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• an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. -

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• noun failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
  

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• violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry.

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• noun a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title
  

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• noun 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 behavior; disturbance of the peace; disorderly conduct.
  

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• noun violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
  

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• violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one.

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• noun larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
  

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• noun a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty
  

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• . See under Breach, n., 4.

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• . See under Breach, n., 4.

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• noun a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
  anticipatory breach.
  

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• noun a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract
  

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• noun a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages
  

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Pound"-breach` noun

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1. The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals. Blackstone.

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• (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party.

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• . (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4.

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Sea" breach`

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1. A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. L'Estrange.

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Spouse"-breach` noun

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1. Adultery. Obs.

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