breach of promise in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for breach of promise in the English»French Dictionary

I.promise [Brit ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑməs] N

II.promise [Brit ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑməs] VB trans

III.promise [Brit ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑməs] VB intr

IV.promise [Brit ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑməs]

I.breach [Brit briːtʃ, Am britʃ] N

II.breach [Brit briːtʃ, Am britʃ] VB trans

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

breach of promise in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for breach of promise in the English»French Dictionary

I.promise [ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑ:mɪs] VB trans

II.promise [ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑ:mɪs] VB intr

III.promise [ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑ:mɪs] N

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
They have counter-sued for $12.4 million in damages for breach of promise and misrepresentation.
www.thespec.com
To make matters worse, not only was this breach of promise in the manifesto dishonest, it was also the wrong policy.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Breach of promise was a legal claim that allowed a jilted person to obtain damages from their intended.
www.express.co.uk
The date of marriage must be set within a reasonable time, and there will be a breach of promise if a party refuses to marry on the agreed-upon date.
en.wikipedia.org
Standards of evidence plummeted in breach of promise claims after 1820 and it became open to fraud.
www.express.co.uk
The story concerns a breach of promise of marriage lawsuit in which the judge and legal system are the objects of lighthearted satire.
en.wikipedia.org
The defendant subsequently repudiated his obligation to register the marriage, and the plaintiff claimed damages for seduction and breach of promise to marry.
en.wikipedia.org
Poor women turned to breach of promise to win money to support an illegitimate child or after being deserted by a man with whom they had cohabited for years.
www.express.co.uk
Her brother and father soon arrived at the scene and confronted the unsuspecting 30-year-old man over the breach of promise and trust.
www.hindustantimes.com
To his dismay, breach of promise had been abolished, so he took up defamation (the law that allows people to sue for false statements that harm their reputations).
www.crikey.com.au

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