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error : an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done [procedural s] ;esp : a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case [to compel to conclusion that a manifest has been done "Moses v. Burgin, 445 F.2d 369 (1971)"] often used without an article [had been to give the jury special interrogatories "K. A. Cohen"]; see also assignment of error, clearly erroneous NOTE: Generally a party must object to an error at trial in order to raise it as an issue on appeal. clear error : an error made by a judge in his or her findings of fact which is such that it leaves the reviewing court with the firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made NOTE: A clear error may or may not warrant reversal. fundamental error : plain error in this entry used esp. in criminal cases harmless error : an error that does not affect a substantial right or change the outcome of a trial a...


Clerical error

Clerical error, an error in a document which can only be explained by considering it to be a 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, under the Arbitration Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 49), s. 7; and for the inherent right of a Court to correct an error or supply an accidental omission, see Milson v. Carter, 1893 AC 640.As to contracts, clerical errors have frequently been corrected by application of the maxims, Qui h'ret in litera, h'ret in cortice, or, Mala grammctica non vitiat chartam. A clerical error in a lease for ninety-four years at a yearly rent 'during the said term of ninety-one years and a quarter' was corrected by the counterpart into ninety-one years and a quarter, in Burchell v. Clark, (1876) 2 CPD 88, by a majority of the Court of Appeal; and see Spyve v. Topham, (1802) 3 East 115; and other cases showing that c...


Clerical or arithmetical error

Clerical or arithmetical error, A clerical or arithmetical error is an error occasioned by an accidental slip or omission of the court. It represents that which the the court never intended to say. It is an error apparent on the face of the record and does not depend for its discovery on argument or disputation. An arithmetical error is a mistake of calculation, and a clerical error is a mistake in writing or typing, Sooraj Devi v. Pyare Lal, (1981) 2 SCR 485: (1981) 1 SCC 500: AIR 1981 SC 736 (738). [Criminal Procedure Code (2 of 1974) s. 362]...


An error apparent on the face of the proceedings

An error apparent on the face of the proceedings, is an error which is based on clear ignorance or disregard of the provisions of law. Such error is an error which is patent error and not a mere wrong decision, Lily Thomas v. Union of India, (2006) 6 SCC 224; T.C. Basappa v. T. Nagappa, AIR 1954 SC 440....


Patent error

Patent error, a patent error is an error which is self-evident, i.e., which can be perceived or demonstrated without involving into any lengthy or complicated argument or a long-drawn process of reasoning. Where two inferences are reasonably possible and the subordinate court has chosen to take one view the error cannot be called gross or patent, Surya Dev Rai v. Ram Chander Rai, AIR 2003 SC 3044 (3056): (2003) 6 SCC 675; see also Ranjeet Singh v. Ravi Prakash, (2004) 3 SCC 682.Means apparent mistakes; such errors can be seen on the face of an instrument, Dictionary of Constitutional and Parliamentary Terms, Lok Sabha Secretariat, 2nd Edn., 2005, p. 322....


Error fucatus nuda veritate in multis est probabilior, et sapenumero rationibus uincit veritatem error

Error fucatus nuda veritate in multis est probabilior, et sapenumero rationibus uincit veritatem error [Lat.], Painted error appears in many things more probable than naked truth; and again and again conquers truth by reasoning....


Mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record

Mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record, under Order 47, Rule 1, CPC a judgment may be open to review inter alia if there is a mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record. An error which is not self-evident and has to be detected by a process of reasoning, can hardly be said to be an error apparent on the face of the record justifying the court to exercise its power of review under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC. In exercise of the jurisdiction under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC it is not permissible for an erroneous decision to be 'reheard and corrected'. A review petition, has a limited purpose and cannot be allowed to be 'an appeal in disguise', Parsion Devi v. Somitri Devi, (1997) 8 SCC 717 (719). (Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, Order 47, Rule 1 and s. 114...


Apparent error

Apparent error, an apparent error means a patent mistake, an error which one could point out without any elaborate argument, Karam Chand Thapar v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 2101 (2107): (1976) 4 SCC 257 (263)....


Assignment of errors

Assignment of errors, the formal statement of the objection or error in the record complained of. See ERROR....


Error

Error. The name for recourse to the Court of Exchequer Chamber from any of the inferior tribunals, by reason of defects in the record, or to the House of Lords from the Exchequer Chamber; or to the King's Bench Division of the High Court in criminal cases. Proceedings in error were abolished by the (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Order VLIII., r. 1, except in criminal cases, appeal being substituted in civil cases.In criminal cases also writs of error are now abolished by s. 20(1) of the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907. See, for the procedure, Rules 173-205 of the (English) Crown Office Rules of 1906.A psychological state that does not confirm to objective reality; a belief that what is false or that what is true is false, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....


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