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Incidental Damages

December 31, 2014 by: Content Team

Incidental damages are reasonable expenses incurred by one party to a contract as a result of the other party’s breach of the contract. These expenses may be awarded in a civil lawsuit in addition to the award of compensatory damages. To explore this concept, consider the following incidental damages definition. Definition of Incidental Noun Something that happens by chance or […]

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Breach of Contract

December 1, 2014 by: Content Team

When any party to a contract, whether oral or written, fails to perform any of the contract’s terms, they may be found in breach of contract. While there are many ways to breach a contract, common failures include failure to deliver goods or services, failure to fully complete the job, failure to pay on time, or providing inferior goods or […]

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