LEGAL WORD
Specific performance
Legal term · Contract law
Specific performance
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Contract law
1 What it means
A court order requiring a party to actually perform the contract, under the Specific Relief Act, 1963.
2 Use it in a sentence
The buyer sought specific performance of the agreement to sell the house.
3 Make it stick
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