breach | a failure to perform some promised act or obligation |
breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
anticipatory breach constructive breach | a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance |
breach of duty | a breach of due care |
breach of the covenant of warranty | a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title |
breach of promise | failure to keep a promise (of marriage) |
breach of trust | violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him |
breach of trust with fraudulent intent | larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking |
breach of warranty | a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty |
material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
partial breach | a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages |
disorderly conduct disorderly behavior disturbance of the peace breach of the peace | 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 |
high fidelity hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
hi-fi high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
wireless local area network WLAN wireless fidelity WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
fidelity | accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal |
fidelity faithfulness | the quality of being faithful |
rupture breach break severance rift falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions), they hoped to avoid a break in relations |
breach | an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) |
gap breach | make an opening or gap in |
transgress offend infract violate go against breach break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises, offend all laws of humanity, violate the basic laws or human civilization, break a law, break a promise |
high-fidelity hi-fi | characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction, a high-fidelity recording, a hi-fi system |