anticipatory breach
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- noun
- /ˌæn.tɪ.sɪˈpeɪ.tɔːr.i briːtʃ/
- Formal
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incumplimiento anticipado
- Many legal professionals recognize anticipatory breach as a significant issue in contract law, impacting the rights of both parties.
Examples
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The Hinermans said the Rodriguezes were creating an anticipatory breach of contract.
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There was thus no anticipatory breach, and the court reversed.
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MAN: In fact, there is such a thing uh, as an anticipatory breach of contract.
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On this case, they'll issue gag orders, sue for breach-- anticipatory breach-- enjoin him, you, us, his pet dog, the dog's veterinarian, tie 'em up in litigation for ten or 1 5 years, I'm telling you, they bat a thousand.
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An anticipatory breach occurs when one party notifies the other that they will not fulfill their contract obligations.
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When the company announced it would not complete the project, it committed an anticipatory breach of the contract.
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Morphology
The phrase is largely compositional: 'anticipatory' (occurring beforehand) combined with 'breach' (a failure of obligation) yields the idea of a failure occurring in advance, so a learner who knows both words can infer a general meaning. However, the precise legal nuance — that it denotes an indication or repudiation before performance is due rather than a completed breach — is technical and not fully predictable to a B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Anticipatory breach uses the words anticipatory, meaning 'before the time', and breach, meaning a broken promise. It imagines someone saying early that they will 'not do the job', so the other side can act right away.