culpa in contrahendo doctrine

culpa-in-contrahendo doctrine.[Law Latin “fault in contracting”] The principle that parties must act in good faith during preliminary contract negotiations; esp., the principle that a breach by the offeror after the offeree has begun performance of a unilateral contract and is stopped by the offeror before completion will give rise to liability in tort. [Cases: Contracts 319(1); Torts 6, 12. C.J.S. Contracts § 593; Torts §§ 5, 16–22, 54, 59–65.]

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