Mistake

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Mistake may mean:

  • Mistake (contract law), in law an excuse for non-performance of a contract
  • Mistake (criminal law), styled also as mistake of fact, in law a defense to criminal charges on the grounds of an ignorance of a fact by which ignorance an absence of criminal intent is evidenced
  • Mistake of law, in law a defense to criminal charges on the grounds of ignorance of law
  • Mistake (song), a 2006 pop song by Australian Stephanie McIntosh
  • "The Mistake", an episode of the television series House
  • Error, in several disciplines a synonym for mistake
  • "It's A Mistake", a rock song by the Australian band Men at Work