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At time, a written contract does not correctly state the agreement already made by the parties. When this occurs, either party may seek to have the court correct the writing to state the agreement actually made. This rewriting is known as:

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Answer: Reformation

Explanation: In simple words, it refers to an equitable remedy under which the court orders some correction in an existing document after filing of petition from one of the involved parties.

Usually in such contracts, the court orders to rectify or change a portion of contract so that the confusion of the party filing the petition could be solved.

Hence the correct answer is reformation.

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