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n.An error that justifies an appellate court’s reversing a trial court’s decision. See also assignment of error
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
error, reversible
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