Specific performance

How it is used

In common law countries it is a discretionary remedy, ordered mainly when damages would not be enough, for example for the sale of land or a unique object. In civil law systems such as Turkey's, asking for performance itself is the normal first claim.

Example sentences

1. The buyer asked the court for specific performance of the sale of the building.

2. Specific performance is rarely ordered for ordinary goods that can be bought elsewhere.

Common collocations

• order specific performance
• claim specific performance
• equitable remedy
• decree of specific performance

Related terms

• remedyA way the law helps a party whose rights have been breached, such as damages, specific performance, an injunction or termination.
• damagesMoney that a court or tribunal orders one party to pay another as compensation for loss caused by a breach of contract or another legal wrong.
• injunctionA court order that tells a party to stop doing something, or sometimes to do something, often granted urgently to prevent harm.
• breach of contractFailure by a party to do what it promised in a contract, for example paying late, delivering faulty goods or not delivering at all.

More terms: Breach & Remedies

• liability
• terminate
• material breach
• liquidated damages
• mitigate
• misrepresentation
• rescind
• frustration