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See also:ERROR (See also:Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err) , a See also:mistake, a departure or deviation from what is true, exact or right . For the legal See also:process by which a See also:judgment could be reversed on the ground of See also:error, known as a " See also:writ of error," see WRIT and See also:APPEAL . The words " error excepted " or " errors and omissions excepted " (contracted to " E.E." " E . & O.E."), are frequently placed at the end of a statement of See also:account or an See also:invoice, so that the accounting party may reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions which may be subsequently discovered, or make further claims in respect of them . In See also:mathematics, " error is the deviation of an observed or calculated quantity from its true value . The calculus of errors leads to the formulation of the " See also:law of error," which is an See also:analytical expression of the most probably true value of a See also:series of discordant values (see See also:PROBABILITY) . |
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