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Clerical error

slip or mistake of the party preparing or copying it. Clerical errors in judgments or orders may be corrected by the Court or a judge under R.S.C. Ord. XXVIII., r. 11, and in awards, by the arbitrator,

cure

cure cured cur·ing vt : to deal with in a way that eliminates or corrects: as a : to use judicial procedures to undo (damage to a litigant's case caused by procedural errors

Misadventure, excusable homicide by

officer punishing a criminal, and happens to occasion his death, it is only misadventure, for the act of correction was lawful; but if he exceeds the bounds of moderation, either in the manner, the instrument, or the

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Correctional

Tending to or intended for correction used for correction as a correctional institution

Court of record

The High Court, as a court of record, has a duty to itself to keep all its records correctly and in accordance with law. Hence, if any apparent error is noticed by the High Court in respect

Orthometry

The art or practice of constructing verses correctly the laws of correct versification

agency

injured by relying on and acting in accordance with that belief NOTE: A principal has a duty to correct a third party's mistaken belief in an agent's authority to act on the principal's behalf. If the principal

attack

on the will as not properly witnessed] ;specif : an attempt to have the judgment of a court corrected or overruled collateral attack : an attack on a judgment made during or by a proceeding brought for

Diorthotic

Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something corrective

orthoeumlpy

The art of uttering words correctly a correct pronunciation of words also mode of pronunciation

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