Misrepresentation (Meaning & Definition)
Section 18 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines and explains the term Misrepresentation.
The term “Misrepresentation terms and includes-
(1) the positive assertion, in a way or manner not warranted by the information of the person who’s making it, of that which is not true, though that person believes it to be true
(2) any breach of duty which, without an intention to deceive, gains an advantage of the person committing it, or any one claiming under such person, by misleading another person to his prejudice, or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him
(3) causing, however innocently, a party or person to an agreement, to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject matter of the said agreement
 Section 18 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines and explains the term Misrepresentation.){kind=link}