Positive misprision
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The commission of something which ought not to be done ; that is, misprision in the first and second of the specific meanings given above.
In practice
A clerical error or mistake made by a clerk or other judicial or ministerial officer in writing or keeping records.
See Merrill v. Miller, 28 Mont 134, 72 Pan. 427.