breach of promise

He's the lawyer retained by General Hastings in the matter of a certain breach-of-promise suit.

This was in 1632, and is undoubtedly the first breach-of-promise case that had occurred in the colony.

I'm no breach-of-promise lady—Chops and tomato sauce indeed!

That belongs to yellow-backed penny-dreadfuls and Sunday supplement tales of breach-of-promise suits.

David, old boy, this picture would make a good exhibit in a breach-of-promise suit.