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Article 1135 of the French Civil Code

A mistake as to a mere motive, extraneous to the essential qualities of the performance due or of the co-contractor, is not a ground of nullity, unless the parties have expressly made it a decisive element of their consent.

Nevertheless, a mistake as to the reason for a liberality, in the absence of which its author would not have disposed, is a cause of nullity.

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Article 1135

L’erreur sur un simple motif, étranger aux qualités essentielles de la prestation due ou du cocontractant, n’est pas une cause de nullité, à moins que les parties n’en aient fait expressément un élément déterminant de leur consentement.

Néanmoins l’erreur sur le motif d’une libéralité, en l’absence duquel son auteur n’aurait pas disposé, est une cause de nullité.

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