Error
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Error
n. a mistake by a judge in procedure or in substantive law, during a hearing, upon petitions or motions, denial of rights, during the conduct of a trial (either granting or denying objections), on approving or denying jury instructions, ...
Error: In the legal sense, a mistaken interpretation of facts or application of the law that can prove grounds for an appeal.
Escheat (es-chet): The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
Radial Error Probability: A probability that a percentage of one-dimension measurements will lie on a radial (line) of given length, with the origin centered at truth or mean of the measurements; ...
DOYLE ERROR. The precise issue presented in Doyle was whether a prosecutor could use a defendant's post-arrest silence to impeach the defendant's exculpatory testimony. 426 U.S. at 616.
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Harmless Error: An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and therefore was not sufficiently harmful (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.
Error
Mistake of law or fact forming the basis of an appeal to a higher court.
error coram nobis A writ to correct a judgment in the same court in which it was rendered, on the basis of grounds of fact.
ERROR, WRIT OF. A writ of error is one issued fro a superior to an inferior court, for the purpose of bringing up the record and correcting an alleged error committed in the trial in the court below. But it cannot deliver the body from prison.
Term: Error
Definition: Mistake of law or fact forming the basis of an appeal to a higher court.
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Error
Definition - Noun
: an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done <procedural ~s>
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Error coram nobis
A writ claiming previously unknown facts amounting to extraordinary error.
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An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and therefore was not sufficiently harmful (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.
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This error was used in a devastating way to convict Sally Clark, see here.
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fatal error dødbringende fejltagelse
Nederlands (Dutch)
fataal, noodlottig, onafwendbaar, voorbestemd, lotsbepalend
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harmless error - An error committed by a lower court during a trial, but determined by an appellate court not to be prejudicial to the rights of the party affected, and therefore furnishing no basis for reversal of the lower court's judgment.
harmless error: in appellate practice, an error committed by a lower court during a trial, but not prejudicial to the rights of the party or the outcome of the case and for which the court will not reverse the judgment.
reversible error
n. a legal mistake at the trial court level which is so significa...
reversion
n. in real property, the return to the grantor or his/her heirs o...
HARMLESS ERROR -- An error committed in the course of a trial, which does not justify reversal of the verdict on appeal.
Reversible error A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
Revocable trust A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
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Possession It’s been said, "Possession is nine-tenths of the law," however this is an error that causes many people great problems. Possession only ripens into ownership when there is a lawful vested title in the person holding possession.
TOP Indefeasible : A right or title in property that cannot be made void, defeated or canceled by any past event, error or omission in the title.
Indefeasible A right or title in property that cannot be made void, defeated or canceled by any past event, error or omission in the title.
A device used to halt trial proceedings when error is so prejudicial and fundamental that expenditure of further time and expense would be wasteful if not futile. The judge may declare a mistrial because of some extraordinary event (e.g.
Judicial review is not usually limited to errors in law but may be based on alleged errors on findings of fact or unfair procedures.
Opposed, in law; in a matter of law; empowered by law; imputed in law; as, an attorney in fact, and an attorney at-law; error or fraud in fact and in law. See Attorney; Error, 2 (2); Fraud; Pais. Factum. Latin. A thing done; a deed; a fact.
A future interest left in a transferror or his (or her) heirs. A reservation in a real property conveyance that the property reverts back to the original owner upon the occurence of a certain event.
A federal law that gives you rights when an error occurs on your credit card statement. You must notify the credit card company of the mistake within 60 days after it mailed the bill to you.
If an application is abandoned due to a USPTO Office error, an applicant may file a request to reinstate the application, instead of a petition to revive. There is no fee for a request for reinstatement.
IGNORANCE
The want of knowledge.2. Ignorance is distinguishable from error. Ignorance is want of knowledge; error is the non-conformity or opposition of our ideas to the truth.... more ...
Judicial review is a fundamental principle of administrative law. A distinctive feature of judicial review is that the "appeal" is not usually limited to errors in law but may be based on alleged errors on the part of the administrative agency on ...
There are reports of dispensing errors involving Lamictal® and Lamisil®, a medication for the treatment of toenail fungus. Patients receiving Lamisil® instead of Lamictal® would be inadequately treated for epilepsy.
Mistrial: A trial that is terminated due to some kind of error that would declare the trial invalid.
Modification: An order changing the terms of another order.
Mistrial: An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When a mistrial is declared, the trial must start again from the selection of the jury.
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No - fault ProceedingsA civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
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Amendment: The correction of an error in any process, pleading, or proceeding at law.
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a form of judicial review whereby a court is asked to consider a legal decision of an administrative tribunal, judicial office or organization (eg. government) and to decide if the decision has been regular and complete or if there has been an error ...
Motion for a new trial: request in which a losing party asserts that a trial was unfair due to legal errors that prejudiced its case.
Los accidentes y las lesiones afectan a individuos y a familias de manera física, económica y emocional. Cuando conductores, fabricantes, médicos, dueños de propiedades u otros cometen errores de negligencia o descuido, ...
Overrule - A judge's decision not to allow an objection. Also, a decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was in error.
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APPEAL - A request to take a case to a higher court for review of proceedings in a lower court. No new evidence may be introduced during the appellate process; the reviewing court considers only whether errors occurred during prior proceedings.
Amend - To correct an error, modify, update or alter any legal document.
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