partial breach

1. 1.

   a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages

   Broaderbreach of contract

Questions about partial breach

What does partial breach mean?

partial breach means "a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages".

Is partial breach a common word?

partial breach is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.