California Statutes

§ 1572. — 1572. (Enacted 1872.)

California § 1572.
JurisdictionCalifornia
Code CIVCivil Code - CIV
Div. 3.DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS
Title1.
Part 2.TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT
Ch. 3.CHAPTER 3. Consent

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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.

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Enacted 1872.
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