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Cal. Civ. Code § 1572

Consent

Applied in 273 court decisions — leading case 46 Cal. 3d 1092 - Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World Christianity (1988)

Most recently applied in Dave v. Baessler (In re Baessler) (July 2018)

Enacted 1872.

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Actual fraud, within the meaning of this Chapter, consists in any of the following acts, committed by a party to the contract, or with his connivance, with intent to deceive another party thereto, or to induce him to enter into the contract:

1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;

2. The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;

3. The suppression of that which is true, by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;

4. A promise made without any intention of performing it; or,

5. Any other act fitted to deceive.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.