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miskenning

miskenning

English

Noun

miskenning (plural miskennings)

  1. (law) A wrong citation.
    • 2005, Herman Cohen, A History Of The English Bar And Attornatus To 1450:
      So that by about 1300, Dublin (b) or Waterford spoke with authority thus : "... it may be a cause of miskenning if perchance it happens that a man sues at the bar and the other party answers him, [...]
    • 2010, Adolphus Ballard, James Tait, British Borough Charters 1216-1307:
      And that they be not made to suffer on account of miskenning in their suits, that is, if they have not pleaded exactly right.

Verb

miskenning

  1. present participle of misken