reformation
- A legal modification to a written contract to reflect the actual agreement when proven that the documented terms were inaccurate, typically made by a court in the event of a mutual error or deception by one party
- The contractor requested a reformation of the agreement to correct a mistake in the specified project completion date.
- The judge enforced a reformation of the fraudulent lease agreement to protect the tenant's rights.
- Through a court-ordered reformation, the estate sale contract was updated to include terms that were verbally agreed upon but mistakenly omitted in writing.
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