On more modern canals, " guard locks " or gates were sometimes placed to allow a section of canal to be quickly closed off, either for maintenance, or to prevent a major loss of water due to a canal breach.

On 13 May Powell, said the task force was sent " to repossess the Falkland Islands, to restore British administration of the islands and to ensure that the decisive factor in the future of the islands should be the wishes of the inhabitants " but the Foreign Secretary ( Francis Pym ) desired an " interim agreement ": " So far as I understand that interim agreement, it is in breach, if not in contradiction, of each of the three objects with which the task force was dispatched to the South Atlantic.

On 26 July 1956, in retaliation for the loss of funding and to help pay for the Aswan project, Nasser gave a speech in Alexandria where he denounced Western influence in the Arab world and announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, in breach of the agreement he had signed on 19 October 1954.

On 23 September ITV was reported to be in the process of sueing STV for £ 20 million, as ITV plc felt dropping the shows constituted a breach of network agreements ; STV subsequently counter-sued ITV plc for £ 35 million.

On 20 March 1961 the Mixed Armistice Commission decided that " this act by Israel is a breach of the General Armistice Agreement ".

On 2008-06-18 floodwaters opened a 150-foot breach in a primary levee along the Mississippi River in Winfield.

On 29 July 1862, a law officer's report he had commissioned advised him to detain Alabama, as its construction was a breach of Britain's neutrality.

On 21 January 1621, Ferdinand issued a decree against Frederick and Christian, accusing them of breach of peace, supporting rebels, and treason.

On an exploratory mission, two astronauts discover an extraterrestrial container ( referred to as a dumpster as a result of its smell ) and breach the unit, inadvertently releasing the evil alien sorceress Rita Repulsa from 10, 000 years of confinement.

On December 19, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell stated that Iraq was in " material breach " of the Security Council resolution.

On February 13, 2003, a UN panel reported that Iraq's Al-Samoud 2 missiles, disclosed by Iraq to weapons inspectors in December, have a range of 180 km, in breach of UNSCR 1441.

On 2 January 1918, there was a major breach in the canal when an embankment some below Moira collapsed.

On September 23, 2012 his manager filed suit against him in Allegheny County court for breach of contract.

On March 7, 2003, during McBride's tenure as CEO of the company, The SCO Group initiated litigation ( SCO v. IBM ) against IBM, alleging breach of contract and copyright infringement claims connected to Unix.

On August 10, 2007, the United States District Court in Utah issued a ruling that Novell had retained copyright ownership of the System V UNIX copyrights and that SCO was in breach of its covenants to provide Novell with the previously agreed royalties to the Unix technology Novell had originally sold to SCO.

On August 10, Judge Dale Kimball issued a ruling in SCO v. Novell which found that " Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights " and SCO to be in breach of its SVRX licensing agreement with Novell.

On 23 January 2007, Attorney-General Mazuz announced that he would consider charging Katsav with rape, sexual harassment, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, harassment of a witness and fraud.

On November 6, 2007, Viva Art International Ltd and Maz Concerts Inc. sued Copperfield for nearly $ 2. 2 million for breach of contract and the Indonesian promoter of David Copperfield's canceled shows in Jakarta held on to $ 550, 000 worth of Copperfield's equipment in lieu of money paid to Copperfield that had not been returned.

* On February 26, 2009, the London Court of International Arbitration announced its ruling ( in the second arbitration initiated in January 2008 ) that Canada was in breach of the softwood lumber agreement as a result of its failure to calculate quotas properly during January – June 2007.

On June 7, 1984, Victor L. Sayyah filed a lawsuit against the Doumani brothers, their lawyer David Hurwitz, Evans and Orion Pictures for fraud and breach of contract.

On 11 July 2006, in a judgment by the European Court of Justice on Case C-432 / 04 ( Commission of the European Communities versus Édith Cresson ), the Court declared that Édith Cresson acted in breach of her obligations as a European commissioner.

On February 1, 2005, sales and production of the software were frozen pending an appeal by the company against a ruling of the Tokyo District Court which states that there is a breach of a patent owned by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

On 28 October 2009, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, presented a report to the Third Committee ( social, humanitarian and cultural ) of the General Assembly arguing that the use of unmanned combat air vehicles for targeted killings should be regarded as a breach of international law unless the United States can demonstrate appropriate precautions and accountability mechanisms are in place.

On 1 June the ALP State Electoral Council condemned Ngo and Lalich, stating that if they continued to breach ALP policy regarding China, they would both be expelled.

On March 2, the circular formally filing the organization and capitalization ( at $ 1, 400, 000, 000 — 4 % of U. S. national wealth at the time ) of the United States Steel Corporation actually completed the contract.

On Sunday January 7, it was announced that Randy Johnson would return to the Diamondbacks on a two year contract, pending a physical.

On the same day of contract signature for the P-3BR work, 29 April 2005, EADS CASA was also awarded a contract to supply 12 C-295M medium transport aircraft.

On January 22, 1957, Decca informed Holly his contract would not be renewed, insisting, however, that he could not record the same songs for anyone else for five years.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

On December 1, 2006, Selig announced that he would be retiring as commissioner of baseball upon the expiration of his contract in 2009.

On November 17, 2011, Dale Sveum agreed to a three year contract with an option for a fourth to become new manager of the Cubs.

On December 16, 1991, they made their first-ever signing, inking 16-year-old Dominican pitcher Clemente Núñez to a contract.

On his return he was offered a full-time contract by the Chesterfield manager, Teddy Davison.

On 7 January 2010, it was announced that the contract to build the first 14 FOC satellites was awarded to

On 8 November 1266, a contract between Henry III and Hamburg's traders allowed them to establish a hanse in London.

On October 31, the Astros declined a contract option on Jeff Bagwell for 2007, ending his 15-year Astros career and leading to his retirement.

On April 28, 2007, the Astros purchased the contract of top minor league prospect Hunter Pence.

On July 26, 2006, the United States government renewed the contract with ICANN for performance of the IANA function for an additional one to five years.

On February 1, 1950, contract N8ss-2660 was approved for 1, 000 units “ especially adapted for general reconnaissance or command communications ” and “ constructed for short period underwater operation such as encountered in landing and fording operations.

On 12 May 2011, Liverpool announced that Dalglish had been given a three-year contract.

On 9 December 1869, Sacher-Masoch and his mistress Baroness Fanny Pistor signed a contract making him her slave for a period of six months, with the stipulation that the Baroness wear furs as often as possible, especially when she was in a cruel mood.

On 26 February 1491, a matrimonial arrangement was drawn up between Lucrezia and the Lord of Val D ' Ayora in the kingdom of Valencia, Don Cherubino Joan de Centelles, which was annulled less than two months later in favour of a new contract engaging Lucrezia to Don Gaspare Aversa, count of Procida.

In 2009, the operations and maintenance contract for the day-to-day management and operation of the Fence was awarded to Five Rivers Services, LLC, based out of Colorado Springs, CO. On September 30, 2011, Five Rivers Services was awarded a $ 7, 022, 503 firm fixed price with cost reimbursable line items contract modification to manage, operate, maintain, and logistically support the nine Air Force Space Surveillance System field stations, presumably for Fiscal Year 2012.

On August 26, 1849, the Nicaraguan government signed a contract with the U. S. businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt.

On September 1, 2009, the contract between the NBA and its referees expired, creating a referee lockout.

Oh Hell ( also known as Oh Pshaw, Up the River, Up and down the River, Bumble, Vanishing Whist, Diminishing Whist, Hell Yeah !, Peanuts, Stinky Fingers, Get Fred, Gary's Game, Diminishing Bridge, Shit On Your Neighbor, " Screw Your Neighbor ", O ' Shay, Juego de Daniel, Nah Pearse, Old Hell, German Bridge in Hong Kong, and many variations of " Oh Hell " with euphemisms and other swearwords ) is a trick-taking card game in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid, unlike contract bridge and spades: taking more tricks than bid is a loss.