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The obligation of the plaintiff in a breach of contract case to minimize damages resulting from the breach.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
duty to mitigate
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