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Materiality

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003184

The quality of being relevant and consequential to a legal dispute or decision. A fact is material if its omission or misstatement would influence a reasonable person's judgment or conduct. In contract law, a material breach is one that defeats the purpose of the agreement.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003184
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The quality of being relevant and consequential to a legal dispute or decision. A fact is material if its omission or misstatement would influence a reasonable person's judgment or conduct. In contract law, a material breach is one that defeats the purpose of the agreement.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/materiality/"
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