jeofail
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French j'ai failli (“I have failed”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈdʒɛfeɪl/
Noun [edit]
jeofail (plural jeofails)
- (law) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
References [edit]
- jeofail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913