breach of duty

breach of duty. The violation of a legal or moral obligation; the failure to act as the law obligates one to act; esp., a fiduciary’s violation of an obligation owed to another. See NEGLIGENCE. [Cases: Negligence 250. C.J.S. Negligence § 59.]

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