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Reversal of judgment

the King's Bench and thence to the Exchequer Chamber and the House on Lords. It was brought for mistakes as to matters of substance, appearing in the judgment or other parts of the record. See Steph. Com.,

Blanks

be current in this realm by 2 Hen. 6, c. 9. Also, certain void spaces, sometimes left by mistake, in judicial proceedings, and which, if anything material be wanting, render the same void.

Voluntarily

did not act, in performance of a legal duty, not due to coercion, or fraud, or misrepresentation, or mistake, Abdul Salam v. Union of India, AIR 1969 All 223.

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True copy

copy which is wholly and substantially the same as the original. Where therefore, there are insignificant or minimal mistakes, the court may not take notice thereof, Mithilesh Kumar Pandey v. Baidyanath Yadav, AIR 1984 SC 305 (307):

Surname

be changed at will, provided notice be given by advertisement or otherwise so as to prevent fraud or mistake, or by royal licence from the Heralds' Office. See NAME.

Succurritur minori: facilis est lapsus juventutis

Succurritur minori: facilis est lapsus juventutis. Jenk. Cent. 47, (A minor is assisted: a mistake of youth is easy.) See INFANT

Subject to such amendments as may thereafter

liable to be included in the assessment list which was finalized on March 31, 1959, but by some mistake it was not so included, Punjab National Bank v. New Delhi Municipal Committee, AIR 1973 SC 674: (1973)

Specific performance

not under any improper influence. (c) The terms of the contract must be understood by the parties without mistake or misapprehension, and must be certain and defined, importing a concluded agreement, See Douglas v. Baynes, 1908 AC

Restitutio in integrum

of the word, but absence owing to madness or imprisonment, and the like causes. The case of error. Mistake comprehends such error as cannot be imputed to blame; and in such a case a man could always

Parol evidence

which it recites. But parol evidence is admissible to defeat a written instrument on the ground of fraud, mistake, etc., or to apply it to its proper subject, or, in some instances, as ancillary to such application

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