JEOFAIL, noun jef'fail. An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law; or the acknowledgment of a mistake.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
JEOFAIL, noun jef'fail. An oversight in pleading or other proceeding at law; or the acknowledgment of a mistake.
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