OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 52195

breach of promise

Meanings (ES + gloss)
incumplimiento de la promesa de matrimonio
A tort in common law arising when a man withdraws an earlier promise to marry a woman; abolished in many jurisdictions.
A ‘breach of promise’ case being 'played out in the courts' was covered over three consecutive days and given substantial prominence especially on the commercial channels' bulletin…
But suppose an agreement to marry made by a man in Scotland with a minor lady in England, would we decern for damages for breach of promise in such a case?
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