MATERIAL BREACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does material breach mean? 

• MATERIAL BREACH (noun)
  The noun MATERIAL BREACH has 1 sense:

1. a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract

  Familiarity information: MATERIAL BREACH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATERIAL BREACH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("material breach" is a kind of...):

breach of contract (a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract)