California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 1 — Nature of a Contract, Chapter 3 — Consent, Section 1579

Mistake of foreign laws is a mistake of fact.

Notes

Defines a mistake concerning foreign law as a mistake of fact. The classification treats an error about the law of another jurisdiction as factual rather than as a mistake of law for purposes of the statutory contract rules governing mistake.

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