Search results for: “inaccuracy”
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Shotgun
Shotgun in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of shotgun.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading shotgun in A Dictionary of Law […]
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Error
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Error Meaning of Error See “Mistake.” Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Error in the Dictionary, Error in our legal […]
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Abstraction
A taking, with an implication of wrongfulness. See abstract. An all pervasive intellectual technique in which one treats a complex entity or process or, indeed, any pile of empirical data, as if it were much simpler than one knows it to be. The technique itself is quite complex, but its basic…
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Abstraction
A taking, with an implication of wrongfulness. See abstract. An all pervasive intellectual technique in which one treats a complex entity or process or, indeed, any pile of empirical data, as if it were much simpler than one knows it to be. The technique itself is quite complex, but its basic…
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Active bond
An active cause (see causation) is one that brings about an effect by an act rather than by a failure to act. It is possible that there is a place in the law for a distinction between active and passive cause, but the usage is fraught with analytical danger. For every failure to act is,…
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Misstatement
nounbad reporting blunder deceit deception deviation from truth distortion duplicity erratum error false statement falsehood falsification fiction imprecision ina…
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Misjudgment
nounbadjudgment error fallacy grave injustice gross injustice imposition inaccuracy inaccurateness inequitableness inequity inexactitude inexactness injustice misapprehen…
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Misestimation
nounbad judgment distorted idea distorted impression erroneousness error fallaciousness false idea false impression inaccuracy inaccurateness incorrect appraisal incorrect evaluation</li…
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Misestimation
nounbad judgment distorted idea distorted impression erroneousness error fallaciousness false idea false impression inaccuracy inaccurateness incorrect appraisal incorrect evaluation</li…
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Laxity
nounamorality apathy carelessness dereliction disregard heedlessness imprecision improvidence inaccuracy inadvertence inadvertency inattention inattentiveness indifferenc…
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Figment
nouncanard chimera concoction creation of the mind deception delusion fabrication falsehood falsification fancy fantasy feigned story fiction fiction of the mind …
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Falsehood
Any untrue assertion or proposition; a willful act or declaration contrary to the truth. It does not always and necessarily imply a lie or willful untruth, but is generally used in the second sense here given. It is committed either by the willful act of the party, or by dissimulation, or […]
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Fallacy
nouncaptio deception deceptive belief delusion deviation from truth distortion erroneous reasoning erroneousness error fallacious argument false appearance falseness falsity …