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Misinformer

One who gives untrue or incorrect information

of fact rather than from a criminal purpose mistake of law : a mistake involving the misunderstanding or incorrect application of law in regard to an act, contract, transaction, determination, or state of affairs ;also : a

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Misconceive

To conceive wrongly to interpret incorrectly to receive a false notion of to misunderstand to misjudge to misapprehend

misjoinder

misjoinder : an incorrect joinder of claims or parties in a legal action ;also : an impermissible joinder of criminal charges or

accomplice

accomplice [alteration (from incorrect division of a complice) of complice, from Middle French, associate, from Late Latin complic- complex partner, confederate] :

appeal

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

appellate brief

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

false

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

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