breach of warranty
Noun: A failure to fulfill the terms or conditions of a warranty. It occurs when a product, service, or item is defective, deficient, or does not meet the standards or promises explicitly guaranteed by the seller or manufacturer.
This term is primarily used in legal and commercial contexts to describe a specific type of contractual failure related to a guarantee. - It is a formal claim that a warranty's terms have been violated. - It often leads to legal disputes or claims for repair, replacement, or compensation.
- The customer sued the manufacturer for a breach of warranty after the new engine failed within the guaranteed period.
- A product being unsafe for normal use constitutes a clear breach of warranty.
- Their legal claim was based on a breach of warranty, as the software did not perform as promised in the sales contract.
- Material breach of warranty: A serious failure that goes to the core of the warranty, fundamentally depriving the buyer of the benefit of the guarantee.
- Action for breach of warranty: A lawsuit initiated to seek remedies (like damages) for the violated warranty terms.
- Warranty (n): A written guarantee, promising to repair or replace an item if it fails within a specified period.
- Breach of contract (n): A broader legal term for failing to perform any part of a contract without a valid excuse.
- Violation of guarantee
- Warranty default
- Failure of warranty
- To be in breach of warranty: The state of having violated the warranty terms.
- The company was found to be in breach of warranty.
- Claim for breach of warranty: A formal demand for redress due to the warranty failure.
- They filed a claim for breach of warranty with the consumer court.
A "breach of warranty" is a specific subset of "breach of contract." While all breaches of warranty are breaches of contract, not all breaches of contract involve warranties. This term specifically concerns the non-fulfillment of a pledged guarantee about quality, condition, or performance.
-
a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty
