Specific performance

Definition
1  : the complete or exact fulfillment of the terms of a contract, promise, or obligation
2  : an equitable remedy that requires a party to fulfill the exact terms of a contract, promise, obligation, or decree mandating a remedy and that is used when legal remedies (as damages) are inadequate <the common law prohibition against specific performance as a remedy for alleged breach of employment contract ­Chady v. Solomon Schechter Day Schs., 645 N.E.2d 983 (1995)>
compare injunction



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collateral estoppel

estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action


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