Jeofail, i.e. Jʹai failli (Lapsus sum; I have failed)
,an omission or oversight in a law proceeding. There are several statutes of Jeofail for the remedy of slips or mistakes.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.