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An agreement made in the circumstances described in section 20 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, is:

Section 20 makes the agreement void where both parties are mistaken about a matter of fact essential to it. The mistake must be bilateral and concern an essential fact; an…

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An agreement made in the circumstances described in section 20 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, is:

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Section 20 makes the agreement void where both parties are mistaken about a matter of fact essential to it. The mistake must be bilateral and concern an essential fact; an erroneous view of the thing’s value is excluded by the explanation. A merely unilateral factual mistake does not ordinarily make a contract voidable under section 22.

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