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clerical error

noun

Definitions

  1. An error on the part of an office worker, often a secretary or personal assistant.

    • ‘The groans of this sick person,’ he said, ‘distract my attention. And without that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this climate.’
    • Vardag[…] added: “The state should not be divorcing people on the basis of a clerical error. There has to be intention on the part of the person divorcing, because the principle of intention underpins the justice of our legal system.

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