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CIV § 1640

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Civil Code - CIV
  2. DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]
  3. PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]
  4. TITLE 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS [1635. - 1663.]

When, through fraud, mistake, or accident, a written contract fails to express the real intention of the parties, such intention is to be regarded, and the erroneous parts of the writing disregarded.

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