specific performance

noun

, Law.

1. (especially in the sale of land) literal compliance with one's contractual promises pursuant to a judicial mandate.

specific performance

noun

1. law a remedy awarded by a court requiring a person to fulfil obligations under a contract where damages are an insufficient remedy

Word History and Origins

Origin of specific performance¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Must he first go to court and obtain a judgment, a decree for specific performance of the contract of service?

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But take the case of a "hard bargain," where the chancellor in his discretion may deny specific performance.

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Hence unless specific performance is granted, the plaintiff's legal right is defeated.

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He had reference to a suit I had brought to enforce the specific performance of a contract.

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The former spring either from the idea of sacrifice or of specific performance.

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