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Common error

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(Lat. communis error, g. v.) An error for which there are many precedents. "Common error goeth for a law." Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, no. 54.

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A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

(Lat. communis error, g. 0.) An error for which there are many precedents. “Common error goeth for alaw.” Finch, Law, b. 1, ec. 3, no. 54.