breach of promise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbreachandpromise
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breach
noun[C]
uk/briːtʃ/us/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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promise
noun
uk/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us/ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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(Definition ofbreachandpromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The central concept isbreachofpromisein marriage or marriage situations - and all the subsidary information leads into that.
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In the midst of all this, she offers as illustration four case studies ofbreachofpromise, mainly among the well-to-do or upper classes.
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There are very few actions which are more frequently associated with unfounded and worthless claims than actions forbreachofpromise.
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Those cases are fraud, libel and slander, false imprisonment, seduction andbreachofpromiseof marriage.
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To resile from that now would involve abreachofpromise.
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Take, for instance, some of thesebreachofpromisecases.
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Among these are included an action forbreachofpromiseof marriage.
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The first that he put forward related to another extension of thebreachofpromisecase.
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I see, therefore, no question ofbreachofpromise.
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It is abreachofpromiseto low-spending authorities and a grave disappointment to those that spend more highly, according to their assessment of need.
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In addition, thebreachofpromiseaction gives opportunity for gold-digging and actions of a blackmailing nature.
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You cannot get legal aid for libel or slander, forbreachofpromiseof marriage, for seduction, or in respect of election petitions.
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To my mind, that was a breach of principle and abreachofpromise.
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The oldbreachofpromiseaction is a very good example of this.
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This, in fact, abolishes actions forbreachofpromise.
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None the less, thebreachofpromiseaction has survived.
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There is nothing new in the demand that thebreachofpromiseaction should go.
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I share the sentiments of those who welcome the cancellation of the oldbreachofpromiselaws.
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Cases likebreachofpromiseof marriage, for instance, are not cases to be encouraged in any way at all.
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