clerical error
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 275 U.S. 70 - Fairmont Creamery Co v. State of Minnesota · 1927Most cited · 215 citing opinions
post-term correction
The distinction between cases, in which provisions as to interest or costs may be changed after the term and those in which they cannot be, lies in the nature and source of the alleged error. If it is made by the clerk in following or not following a rule of court, or for some other reason, the error may be remedied; but, if the action complained of was approved by the court, it is beyond recall.
How often courts cite the cases defining “clerical error”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “clerical error” — 380 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1907–1927
- ORIGINAL
A clerical error, as its designation imports, is an error of a clerk or a subordinate officer in transcribing or entering an official proceeding ordered by another.