breach of promise

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breach, promise. countable,uncountable
    — In all such cases, the wrongful act, is the refusal to pay the money, according to promise; and this breach of promise, is laid in what is called the common breach or conclusion, at the end of the whole declaration.
  2. A tort in common law arising when a man withdraws an earlier promise to marry a woman; abolished in many jurisdictions. countable,uncountable
    — But suppose an agreement to marry made by a man in Scotland with a minor lady in England, would we decern for damages for breach of promise in such a case?

词形变化

breaches of promise plural breach of contract to marry alternative breach of marriage promise alternative breach of promise of marriage alternative breach of promise to marry alternative breach-of-promise alternative,attributive
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