Mary Ann owns a rare Monet painting and she has agreed to a contract whereby she will sell it to the Museum of Art for $5.3 million. At the last minute she decides she cannot bear to part with her painting and will not sell it to the Museum. The Museum can sue Mary Ann for specific performance.

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Specific performance is a legal remedy available in contract law where instead of seeking monetary damages, the party can ask the court to require the other party to actually perform the promise made in the contract. In this case, the Museum of Art can sue Mary Ann for specific performance to force her to sell the Monet painting to them as agreed in the contract.

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