Delaware Code

10 Del. C. § 6503 (2026)

Construction of contract before or after breach

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A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof.

63 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  1
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2024 · leading case: Seed River, LLC v. AON3D, Inc. (D. Del. 2023).
Seed River, LLC v. AON3D, Inc. (D. Del. 2023). · cites it 2× “See 10 Del. Code § 6503. Thus, jurisdiction is proper.”
Hilaire Lankford (Del. Super. Ct. 2018). “56(h) (providing where “the parties . . . have not presented argument to the Court that there is an issue of fact .”
In re Nat'l Collegiate Student Loan Trusts Litig. (Del. Ch. 2020). “See 10 Del. C. § 6503 (providing, under Delaware’s Declaratory Judgments Act, that the court may “construe a [a contract] either before or after there has been a breach thereof”).”
Villages of Five Points Ventures, LLC v. The Villages of Five Points Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc. (Del. Ch. 2020). “”42 A claim is not ripe “if the action requires the occurrence of some future event before the action’s factual predicate is complete,” unless “the probability of that future event occurring is real and substantial, of sufficient immediacy and reality.”
1205 Coastal, LLC v. Cove Owners Ass'n, Inc. (Del. Super. Ct. 2024). “1973); 10 Del. C. § 6503. 30 10 Del. C. § 6506. 31 Hampson v.”
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