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FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
OBS

The relative simplicity and straightforward character of the notion of "fundamental mistake" have been affected by modern English and Canadian decisions, with the result that the idea of "fundamental mistake" and the distinction between an error relating to the intention to contract and an error affecting motives for contracting has been blurred.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
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Record 2 2015-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Mistake as to the identity of the subject-matter. Such a mistake usually arises where one party intends to deal with one thing and the other with a different one. Here consent is negatived, and not nullified. Consent could, however, be nullified if both parties thought that they were dealing with one thing when they were in fact dealing with another. Mistake as to a fundamental quality... may sometimes be regarded as affecting the identity of the subject-matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

L'erreur sur l'identité de l'objet - Dans ce cas les parties connaissent la nature de leur contrat, mais leur consentement porte sur un objet différent. Ainsi par exemple, une personne croit acheter tel lot alors qu'on lui en vend un autre. Ou encore une personne s'engage à faire un certain travail alors que son cocontractant croyait l'avoir engagée pour un travail différent.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A false statement that is likely to induce a reasonable person to assent or that the maker knows is likely to induce the recipient to assent.

CONT

"Unconscientiousness" was defined as a mistake induced by a material misrepresentation even though not fraudulent or fundamental, or if one party is aware of the other's mistaken belief and does not correct it.

Key term(s)
  • material mis-representation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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