GC: n
S: https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/8-382-5580?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true&bhcp=1 (last access: 21 July 2017); https://www.oxbridgenotes.co.uk/revision_notes/law-trusts-and-equity/samples/breach-of-trust (last access: 21 July 2017).
N: 1. – breach (n): Old English bryce “breach, fracture, a breaking,” from brecan, influenced by Old French breche “breach, opening, gap,” from Frankish; both from Proto-Germanic *brecho, *bræko “broken,” from PIE root *bhreg- “to break.” Figurative sense of “a breaking of rules, etc.” was in Old English Breach of contract is at least from 1660s.
– of (prep): Old English of, unstressed form of æf (prep., adv.) “away, away from,” from Proto-Germanic *af (source also of Old Norse af, Old Frisian af, of “of,” Dutch af “off, down,” German ab “off, from, down”), from PIE root *apo- “off, away.” Primary sense in Old English still was “away,” but shifted in Middle English with use of the word to translate Latin de, ex, and especially Old French de, which had come to be the substitute for the genitive case. “Of shares with another word of the same length, as, the evil glory of being accessory to more crimes against grammar than any other.” (Fowler)
– trust (n): c. 1200, “reliance on the veracity, integrity, or other virtues of someone or something; religious faith,” from Old Norse traust “help, confidence, protection, support,” from Proto-Germanic abstract noun *traustam (source also of Old Frisian trast, Dutch troost “comfort, consolation,” Old High German trost “trust, fidelity,” German Trost “comfort, consolation,” Gothic trausti “agreement, alliance”), from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz, source of Old English treowian “to believe, trust,” and treowe “faithful, trusty,” from PIE root *deru- “be firm, solid, steadfast.”
2. Abuse of power, or failure (whether or not deliberate, dishonest, or negligent) to carryout the general and fiduciary duties of a trustee. Trustees are personally liable for any loss to the trust caused directly or indirectly by the breach, and must hand over (to the trust) any profit made from the breach (whether or not the trust suffered any loss).
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=breach+of+trust; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=of (last access: 21 July 2017). 2. Business Dictionary – http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/breach-of-trust.html (last access: 1 January 2014).
SYN: breach of confidence
S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8366775 (last access: 1 January 2014)
