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Incorrectly

Not correctly inaccurately not exactly as a writing incorrectly copied testimony incorrectly stated...


Incorrectness

The quality of being incorrect lack of conformity to truth or to a standard inaccuracy inexactness as incorrectness may consist in defect or in redundance...


Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree

Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree, the distinction between a decree which is void and a decree which is wrong, incorrect, irregular or not in accordance with law cannot be overlooked or ignored. Where a court lacks inherent jurisdiction in passing a decree or making an order, a decree or order passed by such court would be without jurisdiction, non est and void ab initio. A defect of jurisdiction of the court goes to the root of the matter and strikes at the very authority of the court to pass a decree or make an order. Such defect has always been treated as basic and fundamental and a decree or order passed by a court or an authority having no jurisdiction is a nullity. Validity of such decree or order can be challenged at any stage, even in execution or collateral proceedings. All irregular or wrong decrees or orders are not necessarily null and void. An erroneous or illegal decision, which is not void, cannot be objected in execution or collateral proceedings, B...


accomplice

accomplice [alteration (from incorrect division of a complice) of complice, from Middle French, associate, from Late Latin complic- complex partner, confederate] : one who intentionally and voluntarily participates with another in a crime by encouraging or assisting in the commission of the crime or by failing to prevent it though under a duty to do so [the of the burglar] [an in a robbery] ...


appeal

appeal [Old French apel, from apeler to call, accuse, appeal, from Latin appellare] : a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court for review of a lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect ;also : a proceeding for the review of an agency decision at a higher level within the agency or in a court see also affirm compare certiorari, new trial, rehearing NOTE: The scope of an appeal is limited. The higher court will review only matters that were objected to or argued in the lower court during the trial. No new evidence can be presented on appeal. ap·peal·abil·i·ty [ə-pē-lə-bi-lə-tē] n ap·peal·able [ə-pē-lə-bəl] adj vt : to take (a lower court's decision) before a higher court for review : undertake an appeal of (a case) vi : to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review ...


appellate brief

appellate brief Written arguments by counsel required to be filed with appellate court on why the trial court acted correctly (appellee's brief) or incorrectly (appellant's brief). Source: FindLaw ...


attack

attack : an attempt to prove something invalid or incorrect esp. through judicial procedures [made an 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 a different purpose see also habeas corpus ad subjiciendum at habeas corpus direct attack : an attack on a judgment made in a proceeding (as an appeal) brought for the specific purpose of having the judgment corrected or overturned attack vb ...


false

false 1 : not genuine, authentic, or legitimate compare counterfeit 2 a : not true or correct ;esp : intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect [injured by accusations] b : intended to mislead or deceive : deceptive misleading compare fraudulent false·ly adv false·ness n ...


false representation

false representation : an untrue or incorrect representation regarding a material fact that is made with knowledge or belief of its inaccuracy see also misrepresentation ...


false statement

false statement : a statement that is known or believed by its maker to be incorrect or untrue and is made esp. with intent to deceive or mislead [submitted a false statement to obtain the loan] ;also : the federal crime of concealing a material fact, making a false statement, or using documents known to be falsified see also exculpatory no doctrine compare perjury ...


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