_Finally, here's a delightfully trashy paperback : " Breach of Promise " by Perri O'Shaughnessy, a non de plume used by two sisters.
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In the United States, until the Great Depression, a man who broke off a marriage engagement could be sued for breach of promise.
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The younger woman was persuaded by Jones's enemies to sue him for breach of promise, and in January 1801 he was fined ?0.
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The defendant subsequently repudiated his obligation to register the marriage, and the plaintiff claimed damages for seduction and breach of promise to marry.
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By December, she filed a breach of promise suit against Dane for $ 75, 000, but the case was ultimately dropped in 1929.
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The correspondence and the ensuing lawsuit in which Seely sued Grove for breach of promise were bitter and futile engagements for Seely ."
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In 1910, there were newspaper reports that Peck was being sued by a former secretary for breach of promise, that is, promise of marriage.
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YOGYAKARTA ( JP ) : Almost 200 local small-scale entrepreneurs are planning to sue the Jimbaran Group of business tycoons for breach of promise.
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And Uncle Sam has proved a feckless suitor, causing the industry to sue for breach of promise, as jilted brides are wont to do.
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Castlereagh would long be held personally responsible by many Catholics in Ireland for the breach of promise and the British Government's betrayal of their rights.
