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breach of duty<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
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1. The violation of a\u00a0 legal or moral obligation; the failure to act as the law obligates one to act; especially, a fiduciary’s violation of an obligation owed to another.<\/strong>\u00a0 See NEGLIGENCE. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The failure or omission to do that which a person is bound by law to do, or the doing of it in an unlawful manner.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See breach of contract<\/em>; breach of covenant<\/em>; negligence<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The failure to do that which a person is bound by law to do, or the doing of it in an unlawful manner.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See duty<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

tortious liability<\/span><\/a> – arising from the breach of a duty, is redressable by an action for compensatory<\/a>, unliquidated<\/a> (and sometimes punitive<\/a>) damages<\/a>.
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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/b> <\/b><\/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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