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What does unconscionability mean?

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Noun
  1. (law, contract law) A principle that one party to a contract might be entitled to a remedy if the other party has behaved in an unconscionable manner.
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But the unconscionability of the transaction remains of direct materiality to the case based on undue influence.
The judgment also raises the question of what types of clauses will be subject to the unconscionability test.
It is certainly conceivable that the SCC, in a subsequent decision, will have to determine the test for unconscionability in the case of exclusion or limitation of liability clauses.
Which law governs its essential validity, including issues such as fraud, mistake, misrepresentation or unconscionability?
In one decision, the court held that a special test for unconscionability should be used in the matrimonial context.
As counsel for the Bank has pointed out, the Statement of Defence does not plead unconscionability.

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