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Lexiel/Glossary/Fraud / Deceit
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Fraud / Deceit

In civil law: defect of consent whereby one party induces the other through deceptive machinations to enter into a contract they would not have entered into or would have entered on different terms. Causes voidability of the contract. In criminal law: conscious intention to commit an offence.

Art. 1269 CC (civil) / Art. 5 CP (penal)
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