An Admission is the voluntary acknowledgment made by a party to a lawsuit or a
criminal prosecution. An Admission may be express, such as a written or verbal
statement by a person concerning the truth. This Breach of Contract Request for
Admission document lays out the necessary requests that should be made in a breach
of contract action based on fraud. This document includes the relevant standard terms
pertinent to this type of document, and it can be easily altered to fit the specific case of
the user. This document is useful when one party wants to request admissions, and this
process speeds up the trial.
Breach of Contract Requests for Admission
[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to FRAUD]
1. Admit that you misrepresented _______________ [Instructions: Set forth the
misrepresentation].
2. Admit that you took no steps to determine that the _______________ [Instructions:
Specify term in contract that is at issue] was accurate.
3. Admit that you knew your statement _______________ [Instructions: Specify state that
is at issue] was false.
4. Admit that that _______________ [Instructions: Set forth name of party] did not know
the statement _______________ [Instructions: Set forth the statement] was false.
5. Admit that you intended for _______________ [Instructions: Set forth name of party]
to rely on the statement _______________ [Instructions: Set forth the alleged false
statement].
6. Admit that _______________ [Instructions: Insert name of party] relied on the
misrepresentation _______________ [Instructions: Set forth the alleged false
statement] when entering into the agreement.
7. Admit that _______________ [Instructions: Insert name of party] justifiably relied on
the statement _______________ [Instructions: Set forth the alleged false statement]
when entering into the agreement.
8. Admit that at the time you stated _______________ [Instructions: Set forth the alleged
false statement] you did not have reasonable belief in the veracity of such a statement.
9. Admit that at the time you entered into the agreement you concealed _______________
[Instructions: Set forth the alleged concealed fact].
10. Admit that at the time you entered into the agreement you were aware of
______________ [Instructions: Set forth the alleged concealed fact].
[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to MISTAKE]
11. Admit that _______________ [Instructions: Insert name of parties] were operating
under a mutual mistake as to a material fact when they entered into the agreement.
12. Admit that _______________ [Instructions: Insert name of party] contributed to the
other party operating under a mistake of fact.
13. Admit that _______________ [Instructions: Specify term in contract that is at issue]
is vague or ambiguous.
14. Admit that you did not adequately explain the _______________ [Instructions: Specify
term in contract that is at issue] when the contract was consecrated.
15. Admit that you understood that the _______________ [Instructions: Specify term in
contract that is at issue] was vague when the contract was consecrated
16. Admit that at the time of contracting either party was operating under a mistake of law.
[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to UNDUE INFLUENCE]
17. Admit that at the time you entered into the agreement, you were in a fiduciary
relationship with _____________ [Instructions: insert name].
18. Admit that you did used your fiduciary relationship with _____________ [Instructions:
insert name] to take advantage of _____________ [Instructions: insert name].
19. Admit that the contract you entered into with _____________ [Instructions: insert
name] was not fair in every respect.
[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to UNCONSCIONABILITY]
20. Admit that you created the entire contract.
21. Admit that you had superior bargaining strength when negotiating the contract.
22. Admit that the term _____________ [Instructions: Set forth alleged unconscionable
term] of the contract is not oppressive.
[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to STATUTE OF FRAUDS]
[Comment: In some jurisdictions, contracts that cannot be fully performed within one
year of formation are void.]
23. Admit that the contract could not be fully completed within one year from formation of
the contract.
[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to DURESS]
24. Admit that at the time you entered into the agreement, ______________ [Instructions:
insert name] was physically forced to enter into the agreement.
25. Admit that ______________ [Instructions: insert name] would not have entered into the
agreement if ______________ [Instructions: Set forth acts that might constitute
physical duress].
26. Admit that at the time you entered into the agreement, you were holding the property of
_____________ [Instructions: insert name] illegally.
27. Admit that ______________ [Instructions: insert name] would not have entered into the
agreement even though you were illegally holding his property ______________
[Instructions: Set forth property].
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[Comment: The following requests for admission relate to ILLEGALITY]
28. Admit that the term _____________ [Instructions: Set f