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Frustration

Definition

A contract is discharged where, without fault of either party, an event renders performance radically different from what was undertaken. It does not apply merely because performance has become more expensive or onerous.

In plain English: Something happens that makes the deal a completely different thing from what was agreed, so the contract ends.

You did not name a jurisdiction, so this shows the GB definition. The term is defined differently elsewhere — see below.

Jurisdiction: GB Legal family: common law Authority: Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham UDC [1956] AC 696

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