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Chapter 3. - Validity

Art. 1356Elements of Contract
Art. 1357Capacity to Conclude Contracts
Art. 1358Definition of Mistake
Art. 1359Relevant Mistake
Art. 1360Fraud
Art. 1361Threat
Art. 1362Gross Disparity
Art. 1363Third Persons
Art. 1364Form of Contracts
Art. 1365Effect of Provisions as to Form
Art. 1366Preliminary Contracts
Art. 1367Variations
Art. 1368Contracts Relating to Immovables
Art. 1369Contracts Made with a Public Administration
Art. 1370Contracts for a Long Period of Time
Art. 1371Agreed Form
Art. 1372Written Form
Art. 1373Signature
Art. 1374Witnesses. - 1. Capacity
Art. 13752. Duties
Art. 1376Merger Clause
Art. 1377Written Modification Clauses
Art. 1378Initial Impossibility
Art. 1379Contracts Contrary to Good Morals, Public Order or Mandatory Rules of Law
Art. 1380Anti-Corruption Provision
Art. 1381Actio Pauliana
Art. 1382Presumption That Both Parties Knew of the Prejudice to Creditors
Art. 1383Presumption that the Debtor Knew of the Prejudice to Creditors
Art. 1384Party
Art. 1385Confirmation
Art. 1386Loss of Right to Avoid
Art. 1387Notice of Avoidance
Art. 1388Time Limits
Art. 1389Avoidance by Court
Art. 1390Partial Avoidance
Art. 1391Retroactive Effect of Avoidance
Art. 1392Damages
Art. 1393Mandatory Character of the Provisions
Art. 1394Unilateral Declarations

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 1358

Definition of Mistake

Mistake is an erroneous assumption relating to facts existing when the contract was concluded.

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This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 379

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