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'''''Non est factum''''' ([[Latin]] for "it is not [my] deed") is a defence in [[contract law]] that allows a signing party to escape performance of an agreement "which is fundamentally different from what he or she intended to execute or sign."<ref name="Chew 2009"/> A claim of ''non est factum'' means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its meaning. A successful plea would make the contract void ''[[ab initio]]''.<ref name="Petelin v Cullen"/> | '''''Non est factum''''' ([[Latin]] for "it is not [my] deed") is a defence in [[contract law]] that allows a signing party to escape performance of an agreement "which is fundamentally different from what he or she intended to execute or sign."<ref name="Chew 2009"/> A claim of ''non est factum'' means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its meaning. A successful plea would make the contract void ''[[ab initio]]''.<ref name="Petelin v Cullen"/> | ||