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• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

BREACH (See also:

• MID

Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• 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 See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, a breaking, or an opening made by breaking; in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the infringement of a right or the violation of an See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation or See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty . The word is used in various phrases: See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close, the unlawful entry upon another See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person's See also:

• LAND

land (see TRESPASS); breach of See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

covenant or See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract, the non-fulfilment of an agreement either to do or not to do some See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act (see See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

DAMAGES); breach of the See also:

• BREAD

BREAD 465 See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, a disturbance of the public See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order (see PEACE, BREACH oF); breach of See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound, the taking by force out of a pound things lawfully impounded (see POUND) ; breach of promise of See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, the non-fulfilment of a contract mutually entered into by a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and a woman that they will marry each other (see MARRIAGE); breach of See also:

• TRUST

trust, any deviation by a trustee from the duty imposed upon him by the See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument creating the trust (q.v.) .