California Civil Code 1577 – Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal …
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Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake, and consisting in:
1. An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact past or present, material to the contract; or,
Terms Used In California Civil Code 1577
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
2. Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract, which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing, which has not existed.
(Enacted 1872.)