Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fail

Decline or leave unperformed. A legacy or bequest is said to fail when it lapses never having vested or taken effect .

A trade is said to fail if on settlement date either the seller fails to deliver securities in proper form or the buyer fails to deliver funds in proper form.

(Lose), verb

• be defeated
• be demoted
• be unsuccessful
• become bankrupt
• become insolvent
• botch
• bungle
• cadere
• collapse
• come short
• come to naught
• come to nothing
• concidere
• crash
• decline
• deficere
• deteriorate
• dishonor
• err
• fall short
• flunk
• fold
• go out of usiness
• go under
• lose
• miscarry
• miss the mark
• not succeed
• prove inadequate
• prove unsatisfactory
• prove useless
• succumb

(Neglect), verb

• abandon
• avoid
• break one’s promise
• break one’s word
• desert
• evade
• forsake
• ignore
• leave
• let one down
• mismanage
• miss
• miss an opportunity
• omit
• prove unreliable
• shirk
• Associated Concepts: fail to act
• fail to appear
• fail to comply

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English Spanish Translation of Fail

To fail to comply With: Incumplir

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