Legal Definition and Related Resources of Failure
Meaning of Failure
Synonyms of Failure
(Bankruptcy), noun
- commercial failure
- default
- discontinuance of business
- economic downfall
- failure to maintain solvency
- financial disaster
- financial loss
- financial ruin
- inability to maintain solvency
- inability to meet financial obligations
- insolvency
- insufficiency of funds
- lack of funds
- suspension of business
- Associated Concepts: failure to meet one’s obligations
- insolvency
(Falling short), noun
- defectio
- defectiveness
- deficiency
- delinquency
- dereliction
- inability
- insufficiency
- lack
- loss of strength
- noncompletion
- nonfulfillment
- nonobservance
- nonperformance
- omission
- oversight
- pretermission
- shortcoming
- slip
- want
- Associated Concepts: failure of consideration
- failure of evidence
- failure of heirs
- failure of issue
- failure of proof
- failure of purpose
- failure of title
- failure of trust
- failure to act
- failure to bargain collectively
- failure to comply
- failure to file a return
- failure to give notice
- failure to make delivery
- failure to perform
- failure to prosecute
- law office failures
- partial failure
(Lack of success), noun
- aborted attempt
- beating
- botch
- breakdown
- collapse
- debacle
- defeat
- disappointment
- downfall
- drubbing
- error
- fall
- fiasco
- fruitless effort
- frustration
- ineffectualness
- labor in vain
- loss
- miscarriage
- misfortune
- mistake
- ruin
- unsuccessful attempt
- vain attempt
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Failure in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
1. The state or condition of being wanting; a falling short; deficiency or lack; defect, want, absence; default; defeat. 2. Default; omission; neglect; non-performance; as, failure to perform a contract. 3. Inability to pay debts, from insolvency; suspension of payment: as, failure in business, a failing debtor.
Note: This legal definition of Failure in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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Legal English Vocabulary: Failure in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term failure into Spanish: fracaso (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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