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Webster 1913 Edition


Jeofail

Jeof′ail

(jĕf′ā̍l)
,
Noun.
[F.
j’ai failli
I have failed.]
(Law)
An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jeofail

JEOFAIL

,
Noun.
jef'fail. An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law; or the acknowledgment of a mistake.

Definition 2024


jeofail

jeofail

English

Noun

jeofail (plural jeofails)

  1. (law) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.

References

  • jeofail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913