• Breach of promise is a common-law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions. It was also called breach of contract to marry, and the remedy awarded was known...
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    as Nancy. In 1907, Atherton (née Dean Paul) brought an action for breach of promise of a high-profile marriage against Captain John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron...
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  • Look up breach in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breach, Breached, or The Breach may refer to: Breach, Kent, United Kingdom Breach, West Sussex, United...
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  • sharing the head of household with a man she was not married to. In the year of Samuel Jordan's death, she set off the first breach of promise lawsuit in English...
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  • Breach of Promise is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Chester Morris, Mae Clarke and Mary Doran. Chester Morris...
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    Sarah Wentworth (category Colony of New South Wales people)
    was an Australian apprentice and litigant, who brought the first breach of promise suit in Australia. During such, she was represented by barrister and...
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  • Breach of Promise is a 1942 British romance film directed by Harold Huth and starring Clive Brook, Judy Campbell, C.V. France, Marguerite Allan and Percy...
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  • A tort is a civil wrong, other than breach of contract, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who...
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  • causes of action. Additionally, this category of tort traditionally included actions such as criminal conversation, alienation of affections, breach of promise...
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  • South African family law (category Law of South Africa)
    performance for breach of promise. Contractual damages (patrimonial loss from the breach of promise) are calculated on the basis of positive interest...
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  • Suchindram Satyagraha (category History of Kerala)
    Suchindram Satyagraha of 1926 was one of the major events in the social movements that took place in the wake of the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924–25. It was led...
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    poker (originally titled Judge St. Bernard Stands Pat on Nothing) Breach of Promise Suit – testifying in court A Friend in Need (1903) – poker, cheating...
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    criminal conversation, alienation of affection, and breach of promise to marry. Of these, criminal conversation and alienation of affection are marital torts...
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  • (Singapore)#Criminal breach of trust Breach of fiduciary responsibility Breach of Trust (band), a Canadian rock band Breach of promise Breach of confidence Breach of contract...
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    except as part of this term. It is similar to breach of promise, a tort involving a broken engagement against the betrothed, and alienation of affections...
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    abolishment of the "breach of promise", that had entitled a woman whose fiancé had broken off their engagement to sue him for damages. This rule of law was...
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  • Contributory negligence (category Law of negligence)
    Claim for Breach of the Implied Warranty of Merchantability Archived 2010-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. Campbell Law Review. "Restatement Second of Torts...
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    William Farrar (settler) (category Date of death not in Wikidata)
    the following year, Farrar became involved in North America's first breach of promise case when he proposed to Samuel Jordan's widow, Cecily, who was allegedly...
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  • name and that she was the daughter of Sigurðr Fáfnisbani and Brynhildr. Ragnarr marries her. The breach of promise to Ingibjǫrg leads to war between Ragnarr...
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    a "breach of promise of marriage" lawsuit in which the judge and legal system are the objects of lighthearted satire. Gilbert based the libretto of Trial...
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  • reckless disregard of whether it was false or not. Although defined within the context of a media defendant, the rule requiring proof of actual malice applies...
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  • the grounds of seduction to obtain damages from her seducer, if her consent to sex was based upon his misrepresentation. Breach of promise was a similar...
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  • prosecutor prove the existence of a duty of care, breach of that duty by the defendant resulting in death, and a risk of death that would be obvious to...
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  • Roland Pertwee (category British Army personnel of World War I)
    Breach of Promise (1942), which he also wrote. Pertwee had French Huguenot ancestry (his surname was an Anglicisation of "Perthuis"; the origins of his...
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  • Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for...
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    Gold digger (category Stereotypes of women)
    legislation during the 1930s, particularly breach of promise cases. Public outrage surrounding the image of frivolous lawsuits and unfair alimony payouts...
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  • aware of an existing contract and deliberately induces a breach by one of the contract holders, it is termed "tortious inducement of breach of contract"...
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  • surveillance, and the use of personal information by both government and corporate entities. Trespassing Laws focus on breaches of privacy rights related...
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  • of negligence: the existence of a duty of care, breach of appropriate standard of care, causation, and injury. In res ipsa loquitur, the existence of...
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  • of breach of confidence is, in United States law, a common-law tort that protects private information conveyed in confidence. A claim for breach of confidence...
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