Non est factum
The Latin term "Non est factum" means, in a UK legal context: "it is not his deed".
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Non est Factum:
Latin for "not his deed" and a special defense in contract law to allow a person to avoid having to respect a contract that she or he signed because of certain reasons such as a mistake as to the kind of contract.
Non est factum - It is not his deed
Non sequitur - An inconsistent statement, it does not follow
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NON EST FACTUM, pleading. The general issue in debt on bond or other specialty, and is, in form, as follows: I " And the said C D, by E F, his attorney, conies and defends the wrong and injury, when, &c.
Non est factum
Definition - Noun
[New Latin, (it) is not (his or her) deed]
: a defense by way of denial of a deed (as the execution of a contract)
Pronunciation'nän-"est-'fak-t&m, 'nOn-"est-'fäk-tu'm ...
Non est factum
"it is not (his) deed". A plea that a person who has signed up to a deed or a contract lacked the necessary understanding or intent, and is therefore not bound by the document. A successful plea would void the contract.
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Expanded Legal Definition of Non Compos MentisNon Est Factum Latin for not his deed and a special defense in contract law to allow a person to avoid having to respect a contract that she or he signed because of certain reasons such as a mistake ...
Non est factum: (Latin: not his deed) Defence in contract law which allows a person to avoid liability because he was mistaken about the nature of the contract.
It is said that strictly there is no general issue in this action, though the plea of non est factum has been said by an intelligent writer to be the general issue. But this plea only puts in issue the fact of scaling the deed.
Clarke, Kenneth (Quotes By)
non est factum
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 See also: Factum, Contra, Contract, Law, State
  
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