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| failure to act or perform in the manner called for in a contract |
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| promisor's repudiation of the contract prior to the time that performance is required when such repudiation is accepted by the promisee as a breach of the contract |
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| repudiation made in advance of the time for performance of the contract obligations |
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| action or procedure that is followed in order to enforce a right or to obtain damages for injury to a right |
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| action brought to compel the adverse party to perform a contract on the theory that merely suing for damages for its breach will not be an adequate remedy. |
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| Are commonly classified as compensatory damages, nominal damages, and punitive damages |
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| sum of money that will compensate an injured plaintiff for actual loss; has two branches: direct damages and consequential damages. |
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| nominal sum awarded the plaintiff in order to establish that legal rights have been violated although the plaintiff in fact has not sustained any actual loss or damages |
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| damages in excess of those required to compensate the plaintiff for the wrong done, that are imposed in order to punish the defendant because of the particularly wanton or willful character of wrongdoing; also called exemplary damages |
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| losses that are caused by a breach of a contract |
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| damages the buyer experiences as a result of the seller's breach with respect to a third party, also called special damages |
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