{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1690","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1690","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 5. EXTINCTION OF CONTRACTS [1682. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Rescission [1688. - 1693.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-5/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A stipulation that errors of description shall not avoid a contract, or shall be the subject of compensation, or both, does not take away the right of rescission for fraud, nor for mistake, where such mistake is in a matter essential to the inducement of the contract, and is not capable of exact and entire compensation.</p>","text":"A stipulation that errors of description shall not avoid a contract, or shall be the subject of compensation, or both, does not take away the right of rescission for fraud, nor for mistake, where such mistake is in a matter essential to the inducement of the contract, and is not capable of exact and entire compensation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/rescission-1690","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}