anticipatory breach

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Synonyms for anticipatory breach

a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance

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The rule of law followed by the district court is correct in that the respondents are able to bring suit on the anticipatory repudiation, but is incorrect in allowing recovery when they are unable to prove that they could have performed....
3d DCA 2014) (discussing remedies available for anticipatory repudiation in a "first to breach" analysis).
(11) This type of ex ante declaration of an intention to deviate from the state's promised behavior bears the most similarity to the doctrine of anticipatory repudiation, under which a party repudiates its contractual duties before the time for performance arrives, (12) Before exploring the analytical utility of anticipatory repudiation, (13) it may be worthwhile to explore a simpler concept in governing contract-based relationships.
Breach of contract discussions are most squarely related to Withdrawing in the context of anticipatory repudiation, since, like in the proposal stated in Withdrawing, the would-be departing party declares its intention to depart from its binding obligations prior to actual departure.
A comparative fault analysis, therefore, should focus on the rules governing anticipatory repudiation: the more likely that the promisee's behavior is contributing to the losses from breach, the more likely a court should be (1) to find that the actions of the promisor constitute a repudiation of the contract, and (2) to invoke at that time the doctrine of avoidable consequences and the promisee's mitigation responsibility.
If adequate assurance is not received, should the seller/creditor exercise anticipatory repudiation under UCC Section 2-610?
The actual drama caused by the invocation of two of these remedies, adequate assurance and anticipatory repudiation, was illustrated in a recent dispute and subsequent court decision involving American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
A supplier must cautiously proceed with respect to anticipatory repudiation, which is deemed to have occurred when the statements or actions are unequivocal, definite and final, or where an action reasonably indicates a rejection of continuing obligations.
Well, the concept of anticipatory repudiation is not quite as dramatic or messy, but some analogies can be drawn.