While buying some land, Mike asked the seller's solicitor if there were any restrictive covenants on the land; the solicitor said he did not know of any. What the solicitor failed to mention was that he had not bothered to read the documents. This failure on the part of the solicitor to disclose the state of affairs to Mike amounts to:

A. a warranty of fact.
B. sales puffery.
C. misrepresentation.
D. a statement of fact.
E. misuse of relationship marketing.


Answer: C

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