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Definition of Jeofail
1. n. An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Definition of Jeofail
1. Noun. (legal) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jeofail
1. the acknowledgement of a mistake [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jeofail
Literary usage of Jeofail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grounds and Rudiments of Law by William Taylor Hughes (1908)
"... jeofail; Kern (states cannot prescribe rules of construction for federal
courts); Kirven (records are irrefragable). Statutes may be void in part. ..."
2. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"(B) The several Statutes of Amendment and jeofail. ment made, and payment of
costs; (d] and if a rule to plead has been entered the same term, though before ..."
3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"This was properly a statute of amendments and jeofail:s; ... acknowledged his
slip or fault; jeofail; and the act directed the amendment to be made. ..."
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