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Webster 1913 Edition

(jĕf′ā̍l)

Noun.

[F.

j’ai failli

I have failed.]

(Law)

An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.

Blackstone.

Noun.

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

jeofail ‎(plural jeofails)

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