Breach

Breaking, violation, infraction.

1.

A violation of duty or obligation.

2.

The part of a declaration which charges the violation of a contract. See Damages. Breach of close. An unlawful entry upon land.

See Close, 3. ' Old Dominion Steamship Co. v. Mo Kenna, U. S. Cir. Ct., S. D. N. Y. (Feb. 26, 1S87), eases, Brown, J.: 30 F. E. 48, 3.1 Alb. Law J. 203, 26 Am. Law Reg. 423-32, cases 18 Abb. N. Cas. 262, 281, cases. See also State V. Glidden, 55 Conn, 76 (April, 1887): 35 Alb. Law J. 348, 3 N. E. Rep. 849; 9 Cr. Law Mag. 1-17 (Jan., 1887), cases; 21 Am. Law Rev. 41-69 (Feb., 1887), cases; ib. B09-32 (18S7), cases; State v. Stewart, Sup. Ct, Vt. (May, 1887), cases: 36 Alb. Law J. 9-11 (1887); 35 id. 203, 224-26 (1837), cases; 22 Am. Law Rev. 233 (April, 1888), cases; 3 Kans. Law J. 273 (1886).. = Compare Penn. Acts 8 May, 1869, 14 June, 1872, 20 April, 1870: Purd. Dig. 1172.

Applied, Brace Brothers ■V. Evans et al., ante, Breach, of contract or covenant. A failure to observe the conditions of a contract. See Contract; Covenant. Breach, of pound. The forcible removal of a thing lawfully impounded. Also called pound-breach.

See Pound, 3.

Breach of prison. Escape from lawful confinement in a prison. Also called jprisonbreach.

See Escape, 1 (2).

Breach of privilege. Violation of the privilege of a legislature.

See Privilege, 4.

Breach of promise. Failure to solemnize a contract of marriage, q. i: Breach of the peace. Disturbance of the public order.

See Peace, 1.

Breach of trust. Violation of the duty imposed by an instrument creating a trust; also, willful misappropriation of a thing bailed.

See Trust, 1.

Breach of ■warranty. Where a contract of warranty is broken in any of its conditions. See Warranty. Continuing breach. Describes acts in violation of one's duty, continuous or repeated at short intervals.