jeofail:
noun
[fr. French j’ay faillé “I have made an error”]
(16c) Archaic.
1. A pleading error or oversight that results in a misjoined issue and requires a repleader.
2. The acknowledgement of such an error. — also spelled jeofaile. [1]
1. A mistake or error in a pleading. [2]
statute of jeofails:
(16c)
1. A law permitting a litigant to acknowledge an error in a pleading and correct or amend the pleading without risking dismissal of the claim. [1]
References:
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4
[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
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