Law Dictionary Definitions

failure of will.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure of trust.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure of title.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure of record.Hist. In a trial by record, a party’s inability to produce the record and thereby prove a pleading; an absence of proof to support a party’s pleading. • The other party was entitled to summary judgment. See trial by record under TRIAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure-of-proof defense.The defense that a party’s proof does not establish a fact essential to a claim or defense.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure of good behavior.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure of proof.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure. 1. Deficiency; lack; want. 2. An omission of an expected action, occurrence, or performance. See LAPSE(2). failure of a condition.The nonoccurrence of an event that has been made a condition of the contract. • The usual result is that one or both of the parties do not have to perform because of the failure…

teller vote.See lobby vote under VOTE(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

tellers committee.See COMMITTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]