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Any mistake apparent from record

said to be an error apparent on the face of the record, if it is patent, manifest or self-evident. If one has to travel beyond the record to see whether the judgment or order is correct or

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Porime

A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self evident

Something demanded or asserted especially a position or supposition assumed without proof or one which is considered as self evident a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged without argument or evidence

Mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record

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

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

Uses

the Common Law, as it would have been absurd to give possession by livery of seisin to one's self. This was found to be convenient, especially in the following example: It frequently happened that upon the death … seisin, which was performed openly and in the presence of the people of the locality. It soon became evident that the simple rules of the Common Law were stumbling-blocks to the complicated wants of an enterprising people.

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