Non est factum
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title:
Non est factum
text:
Non est factum is a defence in contract law that allows a signing party to escape performance of an agreement "which is fundamentally different from what he or she intended to execute or sign". A claim of non est factum means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its meaning. A successful plea would make the contract void ab initio. According to Saunders v Anglia Building Society [1971] AC 1004, applied in Petelin v Cullen [1975], the strict requirements
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Defence in contract law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_est_factum
date created:
2005-02-26T19:52:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:03:31Z
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