Error

WRIT OF. See Appeal and Error. ESCAMBI0. A writ granting power to an English merchant to draw a bill of exchange on another who is in a foreign country. Reg. Orig. 194. Abolished by Stats. 59 Geo. III. c. 49, and 26 & 27 Vict c. 125.

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.

WRIT OF. Vide Writ of Error,