loss-of-bargain rule

loss-of-bargain rule definition - legal

n

The concept that damages for breach of contract should put the plaintiff in the position he or she would have enjoyed if the contract had been fully performed.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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