Latin for a judicial writing does not fail through defect of form. … [Read more...]

Typically referring to the violation of or failure to meet a legal obligation. Usually referring to contracts (see breach of contract) where a legal obligation under contract has failed to have been met by one of the parties, for example, a payment requirement. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The breaking or violating of a law, right, or duty, either by commission … [Read more...]

The act of forcibly removing the fastenings of a house, so that a person may enter. 2. It is a maxim that every man's house is his castle, and it is protected from every unlawful invasion. An officer having a lawful process, of a criminal nature, authorizing him to do so, may break an outer door, if upon making a demand of admittance it is refused. The house may also be broken … [Read more...]

feudal law. A declaration by a superior lord to his vassal, made in the presence of the pares curias, by which he gave his consent to the grant of land, was so called. Ersk. Inst. B. 2, tit. 3, s. 17. This was made in writing, and had the operation of a deed. … [Read more...]

The failure to keep condidential items confidential as per an agreement. … [Read more...]