{"id":14726,"date":"2018-02-26T01:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T01:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14726"},"modified":"2018-09-01T18:48:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T18:48:35","slug":"occurrence-rule-a-limitations-period-that-begins-to-run-when-the-alleged-wrongful-act-or-omission-occurs-applies-in-most-breach-of-contract-claims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14726","title":{"rendered":"occurrence rule – a limitations period that begins to run when the alleged wrongful act or omission occurs; applies in most breach-of-contract claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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occurrence rule<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1977)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Civil procedure<\/em>. The rule that a limitations period begins to run when the alleged wrongful act or omission occurs, rather than when the plaintiff discovers the injury.\u00a0 *\u00a0 This rule applies, for example, to most breach-of-contract claims.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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