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breach of promise

Law (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry

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No references found			It was the report of a trial for breach of promise of marriage, giving the testimony in full, with fervid extracts from both the gentleman's and lady's amatory correspondence. Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context He relates to us all the various steps by which his office-boy rose to be the "ruler of the queen's navee," and explains to us how the briefless barrister managed to become a great and good judge, "ready to try this breach of promise of marriage. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context Miss Rugg was a lady of a little property which she had acquired, together with much distinction in the neighbourhood, by having her heart severely lacerated and her feelings mangled by a middle-aged baker resident in the vicinity, against whom she had, by the agency of Mr Rugg, found it necessary to proceed at law to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context			brazing brass brazing metal brazing sheet brazing solder Brazoria County Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Brazos Brazos Bend State Park Brazos County Brazos River Brazza Brazza, Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazzaville BRB brc BRCA gene brcg BRD Brda Brdy Brdzola BRE Brea breach breach of promise breach of the peace breached breached anticline breached cone breaching Bread Bread and Cheese War Bread and Roses Festival bread basket bread mold bread room bread-and-butter fly bread-and-butter-fly Breadalbane Breadalbane, John Campbell, 1st earl of breadboard breadboard model breadboarding breadcrumbs breadcrust breadcrust bomb breadfruit Breadfruit Tree breadroot breadth first search			Breach of Express Trust by Disloyalty Breach of faith Breach of faith Breach of falth Breach of fiduciary responsibility Breach of fiduciary responsibility Breach of fiduciary responsibility Breach of fiduciary responsibility Breach of fiduciary responsibility breach of law breach of legal duty Breach of Marine Safety Act Breach of Marriage Promise Breach of Marriage Promise Breach of Marriage Promise Breach of Marriage Promise Breach of Marriage Promise breach of orders Breach of Peace Breach of Peace Breach of Peace Breach of Peace breach of practice Breach of prison Breach of privacy Breach of privacy Breach of privacy Breach of privilege Breach of privilege breach of profession breach of promise Breach of promise of marriage Breach of promise of marriage Breach of promise of marriage Breach of Rule Breach of Specified Governmental Obligations Breach of Statutory Duty Breach of Suspended Sentence breach of taboo breach of the covenant of warranty breach of the law breach of the peace breach of the peace breach of the peace breach of time share contract breach of trust breach of trust breach of trust with fraudulent intent breach of warranty breach of warranty breach of warranty breach of warranty breach of warranty breach the agreement Breach Variance Agreement Breach, Leach Transport, and Equilibrium Chemistry Breach-of-promise Breach-of-promise Breach-of-promise Breachblock Breachblock

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