Error
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
is the non-conformity or opposition of our ideas to the nature or state of things. It differs from ignorance, (q. v.) which is the want of knowledge. Error is alsoa mistake made in the trial of a cause, to correct which a writ of error (q. v.) may be sued out of a superior court.