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*CAUSA – reason why parties enter into contract

ABSENCE OF CAUSA VOID - produce no legal effect

ILLEGALITY OF CAUSA VOID - produce no legal effect

FALSITY OF CAUSA VOIDABLE – party must prove that cause is untruthful;

presumption of validity but rebuttable

CAUSA NOT STATED IN CONTRACT PRESUMED TO EXIST - burden of proof is on the person

INADEQUACY OF CAUSA DOES NOT INVALIDATE CONTRACT PER SE

Exceptions:
1. fraud
2. mistake

3. undue influence

4. cases specified by law

- contracts entered when ward suffers lesion of more than

25%