The failure to keep condidential items confidential as per an agreement. … [Read more...] about BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
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BREAST OF THE COURT
A metaphorical expression, signifying the conscience, discretion, or recollection of the judge. During the term of a court, the record is said to remain "in the breast of the judges of the court and in their remembrance." Co. Litt 260a; 3 Bl. Comm. 407. … [Read more...] about BREAST OF THE COURT
BREVET
In military law. A commission by which an officer is promoted to the next higher rank, but without conferring a right to a corresponding increase of Pay. In French law. A privilege or warrant granted by the government to a private person, authorizing him to take a special benefit or exercise an exclusive privilege. Thus a brevet d'invention is a patent for an invention. … [Read more...] about BREVET
BREACH OF CONTRACT
The term used when a legal claim arises after one party fails to perform or violates a provision of a binding contractual agreement. For example, when a photographer for a wedding who was paid a deposit and under contract for services fails to show at the wedding to take photographs. … [Read more...] about BREACH OF CONTRACT
BREATH
med. juris. The air expelled from the chest at each expiration. 2. Breathing, though a usual sign of life, is not conclusive that a child was wholly born alive, as breathing may take place before the whole delivery of the mother is complete. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the lungs at each expiration. … [Read more...] about BREATH