Definition of Misentry

1. n. An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

Definition of Misentry

1. Noun. An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account. ¹

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Definition of Misentry

1. an erroneous entry [n -TRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misentry

misenite
misenrol
misenroll
misenrolled
misenrolling
misenrolls
misenrols
misenter
misentered
misentering
misenters
misentreat
misentreated
misentreating
misentries
misentry (current term)
miser
miserabilism
miserabilist
miserabilists
miserable
miserableness
miserablenesses
miserables
miserablism
miserablist
miserablists
miserably
miseration
misere

Literary usage of Misentry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"This rule, however, does not exclude the affidavits of jurymen to prove honest mistake on the part of the jury,1 misentry of the charge is competent to ..."

2. Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown by Matthew Hale, Sollom Emlyn (1847)
"(e) If a clerk had made a misentry of record, the judge, before whom it was, might, ore tenus, rectify that misentry, tho a considerable time after. AT. ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1864)
"BROWN & AL. a misentry. Gilbreth, who was defendant in the action, ... The order of the court below, therefore, to make the action a misentry, ..."

4. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"But if I am right in the view I have taken of it, it is a mere misentry, ... They will never give operation, in any form, to a sure misentry. ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"... and if any misentry was made, it was rectified by the minutes, or by the remembrance of the court itself. But when afterwards King Edward, on his return ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench , with by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1818)
"The case being now called on, The Court said that as the plaintiff had not given proper notice of trial, the entry of his record was a misentry and of no ..."

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