misdirection
Meanings
noun
- An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
- An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
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Etymology
From mis- + direction.
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