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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.