misdirection

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An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court

Also self-misdirection.

An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction

The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand.

management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"
A way of getting the audience to pay attention to something so you can do a secret move somewhere else
An error in law made by a judge in the charge (instructions) to the jury
directing attention to something in order to draw attention away from something else For more, see Gadabout Coins Revisited
{i} wrong direction; misleading direction, incorrect order, misinformation
The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed
incorrect directions or instructions
an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
incorrect directions or instructions an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
The art of drawing the spectator's attention away form a secret move This is one of the most important aspects of the art of magic
An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law
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To put the incorrect address on a mail item
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To direct something wrongly
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{v} to direct wrong or improperly
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lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
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{f} direct incorrectly; lead astray; misinstruct; mislead; misguide
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To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies
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If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction. He had deliberately misdirected the reporters
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corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"
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put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter
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If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes. Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past. + misdirected mis·di·rect·ed a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop
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