Error

Lat. Error; mistake.

1 Mackeld. Civ. Law. 163.

See Ignorantia. Error juris nocet. Error of law injures. A mistake of the law has an injurious effect; that is, the party committing it must suffer the consequences.

1 Mackeld.

Civ. Law^ 163, § 165, and notes.

1 Story's Eq. Jur. § 139, note.

MMititate rei coaatat

A mistake in the name of a thing is never prejudicial, if it be clear as to the identity of the thing itself, [where the thing intended is certainly known.] 1 Duer on Ins. 171. This maxim is applicable only where the means of correcting the mistake are apparent on the face of the instrument to be construed. Id. ibid. Krr^r ^ai a«a resiatltar appr«katar» An error which is not resisted or opposed, is approved. Doct. dt Stud. c.

40.

Err«r facataa aadia Teritate ia ataltla •at pr*lba Mllor j et ■wpcaaaimr* ratioaita* Tiacic Toritateai enr«r. Error artfully disguised [or colored] is, in many instances, more probable than naked truth; and frequently error overwhelms truth by [its show of] reasons.

2 Co. 73.

Error scribentis nocere non debet

The mistake of a writer [a clerical error] ought not to injure.

Jenk. Cent* 325, case 42.

Errores ad sua principia referre est refellere. To refer errors to their sources is to refute them.

3 Inst. 15.

To bring errors to their beginning is te see their last. Id. ibid, in marg.