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MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 616 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss) , a misconception or See also:error in thought or See also:action. In See also:law, the word is often used in the sense of See also:ignorance or error, as when it is said that mistake of law affords no excuse for See also:crime. In the law of See also:contract, mistake is of See also:special importance, and may occur either in a See also:matter of law or in a matter of fact. In See also:general, a mistake of law cannot be alleged in avoidance of the consequences of contracts or acts, although there are exceptions in which See also:relief may be given. Mistake of fact, however, may be ground for avoidance, provided the mistake was not due to See also:negligence.

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