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词汇 example_english_breach-of-promise
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breach of promise

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meanings of breachand promise


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breach
noun[C]
uk /briːtʃ/ us /briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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promise
noun
uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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Examples of breach of promise


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The central concept is breachofpromise in marriage or marriage situations - and all the subsidary information leads into that.
In the midst of all this, she offers as illustration four case studies of breachofpromise, mainly among the well-to-do or upper classes.
There are very few actions which are more frequently associated with unfounded and worthless claims than actions for breachofpromise.
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Those cases are fraud, libel and slander, false imprisonment, seduction and breachofpromise of marriage.
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To resile from that now would involve a breachofpromise.
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Take, for instance, some of these breachofpromise cases.
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Among these are included an action for breachofpromise of marriage.
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The first that he put forward related to another extension of the breachofpromise case.
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I see, therefore, no question of breachofpromise.
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It is a breachofpromise to low-spending authorities and a grave disappointment to those that spend more highly, according to their assessment of need.
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In addition, the breachofpromise action gives opportunity for gold-digging and actions of a blackmailing nature.
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You cannot get legal aid for libel or slander, for breachofpromise of marriage, for seduction, or in respect of election petitions.
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To my mind, that was a breach of principle and a breachofpromise.
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The old breachofpromise action is a very good example of this.
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This, in fact, abolishes actions for breachofpromise.
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None the less, the breachofpromise action has survived.
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There is nothing new in the demand that the breachofpromise action should go.
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I share the sentiments of those who welcome the cancellation of the old breachofpromise laws.
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Cases like breachofpromise of marriage, for instance, are not cases to be encouraged in any way at all.
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