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Dolus daus locum contractui

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Fraud (or deceit) giving rise to the contract; that is, a fraudulent misrepresentation made by, one of the parties to the contract, and relied upon by the other, and which was acfually instrumental in inducing the latter to enter into the contract.