What does material breach mean?

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ma·te·rial breach

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. material breachnoun

    a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract

Wiktionary

  1. material breachnoun

    a breach of contract sufficiently serious to destroy the contract

  2. material breachnoun

    a breach of a treaty which releases other parties from any obligation under it

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  1. material breach

    A material breach is a contract term referring to a serious violation or misconduct by one party that results in significant damage to the other party, negating the contract's purpose and relieving the injured party of its obligation to perform under the contract. Essentially, it's a breach so substantial that it disrupts the foundation of the agreement.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of material breach in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of material breach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of material breach in a Sentence

  1. State John Kerry:

    The arms embargo is not tied to snapback, it is tied to a separate set of obligations. So they are not in material breach of the nuclear agreement for violating the arms piece of it.

  2. John Kerry:

    We are satisfied that we will be able to have a process which can get us the answers, if they are not accountable in the way that we expect them to be with appropriate access then they would be in material breach of the agreement and subject to any and all options available to the United States.

  3. State John Kerry on Sunday:

    We have created a mechanism by which we can go to the United Nations, one country can take this to the supreme -- to the -- to the Security Council, we have an ability to snap back all the sanctions or to put any sanction on we want, hold them in material breach if they do not give us access. That's never existed previously.

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