benefit of the bargain rule
benefit-of-the-bargain rule. 1. The principle that a party who breaches a contract must pay the aggrieved party an amount that puts that person in the same financial position that would have resulted if the contract had been fully performed. [Cases: Damages 117.] 2. The principle that a defrauded buyer may recover from the seller as […]
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