BREACH (

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• MID

Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the

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• COMMON

common

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)  , in general, a breaking, or an opening made by breaking; in law, the infringement of a right or the violation of an obligation or duty . The word is used in various phrases: breach of close, the unlawful entry upon another person's land (see TRESPASS); breach of covenant or contract, the non-fulfilment of an agreement either to do or not to do some act (see DAMAGES); breach of the BREAD 465 peace, a disturbance of the public order (see PEACE, BREACH oF); breach of pound, the taking by force out of a pound things lawfully impounded (see POUND) ; breach of promise of marriage, the non-fulfilment of a contract mutually entered into by a man and a woman that they will marry each other (see MARRIAGE); breach of trust, any deviation by a trustee from the duty imposed upon him by the instrument creating the trust (q.v.) .