Text of the provision
Art. 1330. A contract where consent is given through mistake, violence, intimidation, undue influence, or fraud is voidable.
(1265a)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
A contract where consent is given through mistake, violence, intimidation, undue influence, or fraud is voidable. These are the five vices of consent.
Related provisions
- Article 1329 — Modifications to Incapacity.
- Article 1331 — Mistake (Error).
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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