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anticipatory breach
noun [C]Definition
› LAW the act of breaking a contract before it comes into effect, by refusing to do what the contract says or by making yourself unable to do what it says: He is waiting to see if the anticipatory breach turns into non-performance in fact.
(Definition of anticipatory breach noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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