{"data":{"id":"us-gu/18-gca-85313","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"18 GCA § 85313","heading":"Mistake of Fact.","body":"Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake, and consisting in ---\n1. An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact past or present, material to the contract; or,\n2. Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract, which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing, which has not existed.","path":["Title 18: Business Structure and Function","Division 3 - General Obligations","Part 2 - Contracts","Chapter 85: Nature of a Contract","ARTICLE 3: CONSENT"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/18gc085.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T04:00:48Z","sha256":"048ce03a85aaf91368b1db0c694c498e5923dabd410708b3b491bb2b5ae1836a","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/18-gca-85312","next":"us-gu/18-gca-85314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}