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error of law

noun

C1CEFR level
68/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A mistake as to the correct legal test or its application, which may render a decision liable to be quashed.

The tribunal made a material error of law in misconstruing the statutory definition.

Topic: Constitutional & public in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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