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Webster 1913 Edition
Misdirection
Misˊdi-rec′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
2.
(Law)
An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.
Mozley & W.
Definition 2024
misdirection
misdirection
English
Noun
misdirection (plural misdirections)
- An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand.
- (Britain, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court