erroneous

erroneous
er·ro·ne·ous /i-'rō-nē-əs, e-/ adj: containing or characterized by error see also clearly erroneous
er·ro·ne·ous·ly adv
er·ro·ne·ous·ness n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

erroneous
I adjective aberrant, amiss, blundering, containing error, counterfeit, devoid of truth, erring, fallacious, false, falsus, faulty, fictitious, groundless, illogical, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, mistaken, spurious, unfounded, ungrounded, unreal, unsound, unsubstantial, unsustainable, untrue, wrong associated concepts: erroneous assessment, erroneous decision, erroneous judgment, erroneous law, erroneous order, erroneous tax II index baseless, errant, fallacious, false (inaccurate), faulty, fictitious, ill-founded, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, peccant (culpable), sophistic, specious, unfounded, unsound (fallacious), unsustainable, untenable, untrue

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


erroneous
adj.
Mistaken; in error.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


erroneous
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

erroneous
adj.
   1) in error, wrong.
   2) not according to established law, particularly in a legal decision or court ruling.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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  • Erroneous — means based on or containing an error, to be mistaken, wrong, incorrect or inaccurate; to stray from what is considered moral, decent, proper, etc.Erroneous may also refer to:* Your Erroneous Zones , a self help book by Wayne Dyer * Erroneous… …   Wikipedia

  • erroneous — late 14c., from O.Fr. erroneus and directly from L. erroneus vagrant, wandering (in Late Latin erroneous ), from erronem (nom. erro) vagabond, from errare to wander, err (see ERR (Cf. err)). Related: Erroneously …   Etymology dictionary

  • erroneous — [adj] wrong, incorrect all off*, all wet*, amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, inexact, invalid, misguided, mistaken, off, specious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, way off, wrong number*; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • erroneous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ wrong; incorrect. DERIVATIVES erroneously adverb. ORIGIN Latin erroneus, from errare to stray, err …   English terms dictionary

  • erroneous — [e rō′nē əs, ərō′nē əs] adj. [ME < L erroneus, wandering about < errare: see ERR] containing or based on error; mistaken; wrong erroneously adv …   English World dictionary

  • erroneous — adj. erroneous to + inf. (it s erroneous to assume that the press always prints the truth) * * * [ɪ rəʊnɪəs] erroneous to + inf. (it s erroneous to assume that the press always prints the truth) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • erroneous — [[t]ɪro͟ʊniəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Beliefs, opinions, or methods that are erroneous are incorrect or only partly correct. Some people have the erroneous notion that one can contract AIDS by giving blood... They have arrived at some erroneous… …   English dictionary

  • erroneous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin erroneus, from erron , erro wanderer, from errare Date: 15th century 1. containing or characterized by error ; mistaken < erroneous assumptions > < gave an erroneous impression > 2. archaic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • erroneous — er|ro|ne|ous [ıˈrəuniəs US ıˈrou ] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: erroneus, from errare; ERR] erroneous ideas or information are wrong and based on facts that are not correct ▪ His economic predictions are based on some erroneous… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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