failure of consideration

failure of consideration
The circumstance or combination of circumstances under which the consideration for a contract, which was sufficient at the inception of the contract, has become worthless, has ceased to exist, or has been extinguished, whether by nonperformance or an innate defect in the thing to be given. 11 Am J2d B & N § 237; 17 Am J2d Contr § 397.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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