per·for·mance n
1: work done in employment
unsatisfactory performance
2 a: what is required to be performed in fulfillment of a contract, promise, or obligation
substituted a new performance in novation of the contract
b: the fulfillment of a contract, promise, or obligation
part performance
1: partial performance of a contract, promise, or obligation
2: a doctrine which provides an exception to the Statute of Frauds requirement that a contract be in writing by treating partial performance and the acceptance of it by the other party as evidence of an enforceable contract compare partial breach at breach
spe·cif·ic performance
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
substantial performance
1: performance of the essential terms of a contract, promise, or obligation
a contractor is not entitled to a lien in the absence of substantial performance — Casa Linda Tile & Marble Installers, Inc. v. Highlands Place 1981 Ltd., 642 So. 2d 766 (1994)
2: a doctrine which permits a party (as a builder) that acted in good faith to recover from the other party to a contract for a performance that departs in minor respects from what was promised compare material breach at breach
3: a public rendition or presentation of an artistic work
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.