TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE………………………………………………………………………. i
CERTIFICATION PAGE……………………………………………………………. iii
ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………… iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………… v
DEDICATION………………………………………………………………………… vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT………………………………………………………………. viii
TABLE OF CASES……………………………………………………………………. ix
TABLE OF STATUTES……………………………………………………………….. xii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS…………………………………………………………. xiii
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0.0: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….. 1
1.1.0: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY…………………………………………….. 3
1.2.0: OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY………………………………………………….. 3
1.3.0: FOCUS OF THE STUDY………………………………………………………… 4
1.4.0: SCOPE OF THE STUDY…………………………………………………………. 4
1.5.0: METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………… 4
1.6.0: LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………………………. 5
1.7.0: CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………. 6
CHAPTER 2
DOCTRINE OF MISTAKE
2.0.0: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………..
7
2.1.0: MEANING AND EFFECT OF MISTAKE IN LAW…………………
9
2.2.0: COMMON MISTAKE…………………………………………………
14
2.3.0: MUTUAL MISTAKE………………………………………………….
19
2.4.0: UNILATERAL MISTAKE……………………………………………
22
2.5.0: MISTAKE IN EQUITY……………………………………………….
27
2.6.0: CONCLUSION……………………………………………………….
32
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CHAPTER 3
SCOPE OF NON EST FACTUM
3.0.0: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………… 34
3.1.0: NON EST FACTUM AND THE ILLITERATE………………………………. 34
3.1.1: NON EST FACTUM AND THE OLD…………………………………………. 37
3.1.2: NON EST FACTUM QAND THE INSANE PEOPLE………………………… 38
3.1.3: NON EST FACTUM AND INFANTS……………………………………………. 40
3.2.0: APPLICABILITY OF THE PRINCIPLE TO CRIMINAL MATTERS
IN NIGERIA………………………………………………………………………. 42
3.3.0: CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………. 44
CHAPTER 4
DOCUMENTS MISTAKENLY SIGNED
4.0.0: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………… 46
4.1.0: CHARACTER AND CONTENT………………………………………………… 48
4.2.0: NEGLIGENCE………………………………………………………………….. 52
4.3.0: PLEA OF NON EST FACTUM………………………………………………… 55
4.4.0: THE NIGERIAN SITUATION (EGBASE V ORIAREGAN)……………….. 56
4.5.0: CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………. 60
CHAPTER 5
GENERAL CONCLUSION
5.0.0: CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………… 61
5.2.0: RECOMMENDATION…………………………………………………………… 62
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET…………………………………………………… 65
BOOKS………………………………………………………………………………….. 65
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