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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 465 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BREACH (See also:Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the See also:common See also:Teutonic See also:root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)  , in See also:general, a breaking, or an opening made by breaking; in See also:law, the infringement of a right or the violation of an See also:obligation or See also:duty . The word is used in various phrases: See also:breach of See also:close, the unlawful entry upon another See also:person's See also:land (see TRESPASS); breach of See also:covenant or See also:contract, the non-fulfilment of an agreement either to do or not to do some See also:act (see See also:DAMAGES); breach of the See also:BREAD 465 See also:peace, a disturbance of the public See also:order (see PEACE, BREACH oF); breach of See also:pound, the taking by force out of a pound things lawfully impounded (see POUND) ; breach of promise of See also:marriage, the non-fulfilment of a contract mutually entered into by a See also:man and a woman that they will marry each other (see MARRIAGE); breach of See also:trust, any deviation by a trustee from the duty imposed upon him by the See also:instrument creating the trust (q.v.) .

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