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breach of promise
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breach of promise
n.
Failure to fulfill a promise, especially a promise to marry.

breach of promise
n
(Law) Law (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry
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Noun1.breach of promise - failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
breach of contract - a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract


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10) Early breach-of-promise cases were mainly about responding to the financial harms of a broken engagement, but the action was reconceptualized over time as one centering around emotional wounds.
Back home, there's a welter of paternity and breach-of-promise writs.
 
 
 
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