"breach of contract" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breaches of contract [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|breaches of contract}} breach of contract (plural breaches of contract)
  1. (law) A failure to meet an obligation under the terms of a contract. Categories (topical): Law Translations (failure to perform): 違約 (Chinese Mandarin), 违约 (wéiyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), kontraktbrud [neuter] (Danish), contractbreuk [feminine] (Dutch), wanprestatie [feminine] (Dutch), lepingu murdmine (Estonian), sopimusrikkomus (Finnish), rupture de contrat [feminine] (French), inexécution contractuelle [feminine] (French), Vertragsverletzung [feminine] (German), Vertragsbruch [masculine] (German), szerződésszegés (Hungarian), violazione di contratto [feminine] (Italian), inadempienza contrattuale [feminine] (Italian), 違約 (iyaku) (alt: いやく) (Japanese), kontraktsbrudd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), naruszenie umowy [neuter] (Polish), quebra (de contrato) [feminine] (Portuguese), violaziun dal contract [feminine] (Romansch), наруше́ние контра́кта (narušénije kontrákta) [neuter] (Russian), наруше́ние догово́ра (narušénije dogovóra) [neuter] (Russian), incumplimiento de contrato [masculine] (Spanish), avtalsbrott [neuter] (Swedish), talusira sa kasunduan (Tagalog), torcontract [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-breach_of_contract-en-noun-6Zk7rabA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: law

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "failure to perform",
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      "word": "violaziun dal contract"
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