jurisdictional defect
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From 311 U.S. 579 - Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Prudence Securities Advisory Group · 1941Most cited · 221 citing opinions
The defect is not jurisdictional in the sense that it deprives the court of power to allow the appeal. The court has discretion, where the scope of review is not affected, to disregard such an irregularity in the interests of substantial justice.