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Specific performance   /spəsˈɪfɪk pərfˈɔrməns/   Listen
Specific performance

noun
1.
The performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms.





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"Specific performance" Quotes from Famous Books



... nevertheless, has a new set of rights in its stead, those which are furnished him by the remedial law, including the law of procedure. In the case of a mortgage, he may foreclose; in the case of a promissory note, he may sue; in certain cases, he may demand specific performance. Hence the further question arises, whether this remedial law is to be considered a part of the law supplying the obligation of contracts. Originally, the predominating opinion was negative, since ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin


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