breach of trust

Other forms: breaches of trust

Definitions of breach of trust
  1. noun
    violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
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    breach of contract
    a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
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