In 978011 Ontario Ltd. v. Cornell Engineering Co., a businessman signed a contract without reading it. He later discovered it contained a provision with which he did not agree. What did the Court hold?
A) The Court held that the contract was void due to a lack of consensus.
B) The Court ordered rectification to correct the mistake in the contract.
C) The Court held that the contract was unenforceable due to a lack of consensus.
D) The Court refused to grant an equitable remedy to correct a mistake that the businessman himself had allowed.
E) The Court ordered severance due to a lack of intention to be bound to the particular provision.

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The Court held that the businessman could not seek an equitable remedy to correct a mistake that he had allowed by not reading the contract before signing it. Therefore, the Court refused to grant rectification.