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    In contract law, a mistake is an erroneous belief, at contracting, that certain facts are true. It can be argued as a defense, and if raised successfully...
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  • The law of mistake comprises a group of separate rules in English contract law. If the law deems a mistake to be sufficiently grave, then a contract entered...
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  • Look up mistake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mistake(s) may refer to: An error Mistake (contract law), an erroneous belief, at contracting, that...
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    In contract law, rescission is an equitable remedy which allows a contractual party to cancel the contract. Parties may rescind if they are the victims...
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  • In criminal law, a mistake of fact may sometimes mean that, while a person has committed the physical element of an offence, because they were labouring...
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    law, contract law varies between jurisdictions. In general, contract law is exercised and governed either under common law jurisdictions, civil law jurisdictions...
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  • Thumbnail for Indian Contract Act, 1872
    The Indian Contract Act, 1872 prescribes the law relating to contracts in India and is the key act regulating Indian contract law. The Act is based on...
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    South African contract law is "essentially a modernized version of the Roman-Dutch law of contract", and is rooted in canon and Roman laws. In the broadest...
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  • Mistake of law is a legal principle referring to one or more errors that were made by a person in understanding how the applicable law applied to their...
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    A contract is an agreement enforceable by law. A void agreement is one which cannot be enforced by law . Sometimes an agreement which is enforceable by...
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    standard form contract (sometimes referred to as a contract of adhesion, a leonine contract, a take-it-or-leave-it contract, or a boilerplate contract) is a contract...
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    known as unconscionable dealing/conduct in Australia) is a doctrine in contract law that describes terms that are so extremely unjust, or overwhelmingly...
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    Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson (category English mistake case law)
    proposed by the Law Reform Committee in 1966 in its twelfth report. That would mean that in all cases of mistake to identity, contracts would be voidable...
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    English contract law is the body of law that regulates legally binding agreements in England and Wales. With its roots in the lex mercatoria and the activism...
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    Phillips v Brooks Ltd (category English mistake case law)
    Ltd [1919] 2 KB 243 is an English contract law case concerning mistake. It held that a person is deemed to contract with the person in front of them unless...
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    Cundy v Lindsay (category English mistake case law)
    is an English contract law case on the subject of mistake, introducing the concept that contracts could be automatically void for mistake as to identity...
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    In contract law, a contract of sale, sales contract, sales order, or contract for sale is a legal contract for the purchase of assets (goods or property)...
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    The law of contract in Australia is similar to other Anglo-American common law jurisdictions. Contract law in Australia differs from other jurisdictions...
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  • accessed June 13, 2021 McCamus, John D. (2005). "13: Mistake". The Law of Contracts. Irwin Law. ISBN 978-1-55221-018-5. Maralinga Pty Ltd v Major Enterprises...
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    Contract law regulates the obligations established by agreement, whether express or implied, between private parties in the United States. The law of contracts...
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    Couturier v Hastie (category English mistake case law)
    Couturier v Hastie [1856] UKHL J3 is an English contract law case, concerning common mistake between two contracting parties about the possibility of performance...
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  • McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (category English contract case law)
    Disposals Commission, is an Australian contract law case, relevant for English contract law, concerning the common mistake about the possibility of performing...
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    Canadian contract law is composed of two parallel systems: a common law framework outside Québec and a civil law framework within Québec. Outside Québec...
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    Raffles v Wichelhaus (category English contract case law)
    mutual mistake in English contract law. The case established that where there is latent ambiguity as to an essential element of the contract, the Court...
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    The doctrine of privity of contract is a common law principle which provides that a contract cannot confer rights or impose obligations upon anyone who...
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    the validity of a contract. Other vitiating factors include: Mistake Undue influence Duress Duress in English law Duress in American law Embezzlement False...
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    oral contract is a contract, the terms of which have been agreed by spoken communication. This is in contrast to a written contract, where the contract is...
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    Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd (category English contract case law)
    is an English contract law case decided by the House of Lords. Within the field of mistake in English law, it holds that common mistake does not lead...
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  • The English law of unjust enrichment is part of the English law of obligations, along with the law of contract, tort, and trusts. The law of unjust enrichment...
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    common law and is a necessity for simple contracts but not for special contracts (contracts by deed). The concept has been adopted by other common law jurisdictions...
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