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Misunderstander

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Misunderstanding

Mistake of the meaning error misconception

Misunderstand

To misconceive to mistake to miscomprehend to take in a wrong sense

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Misattend

To misunderstand to disregard

mistake

a criminal defense that attempts to eliminate culpability on the ground that the defendant operated from an unintentional misunderstanding of fact rather than from a criminal purpose mistake of law : a mistake involving the misunderstanding or

Misread

To read amiss to misunderstand in reading

Plebiscite or Plebiscitum

the intervention of the senate; more particularly applied to the law which the people made, when upon some misunderstanding with the senate they retired to the Aventine mount.

Ignoratio elenchi

overlooking of the adversary's counterposition in an argument. Means ignorance of the conclusion to be proved. An advocate's misunderstanding of an opponent's position, manifested by an argument that fails to address the opponent's point; the overlooking of

Explanation

of Common-wealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 560. Is a mutual defining of terms to clear up a misunderstanding or settle a dispute, Webster American Dictionary, p. 408. In a Parliament, a statement made by a member

Cross-examination

amend his evidence. 1. (a) By showing-- (1) he has spoken on a misconception of fact; or (2) misunderstands the meaning of a word; or (3) has given his idea of the effect of a transaction instead

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