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An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
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misdirection
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge incorrect directions or instructions management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies" [syn: mismanagement ] the act of distracting; drawing someone's ...
Wikipedia
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Misdirection may refer to: Misdirection (magic) , a technique used when performing magic tricks Feint , a technique used in strategy games and warfare Misdirection employed by criminals for the purpose of pickpocketing Limited hangout , a technique used ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misdirection \Mis`di*rec"tion\, n. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. --Mozley & W. The direction of another's attention to an unimportant place or matter, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1768, from mis- (1) + direction . Meaning "action of a conjurer, thief, etc. to distract someone" is from 1943.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction. 2 (context UK legal English) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court
Usage examples of misdirection.
The most important thing in psychological misdirection is to act naturally.
You can spot a time misdirection trick because the illusionist always lets the audience know what the interval is.
And our suspicion led to misdirection two: you planted the newspaper article about Grady, the restaurant receipt, the press pass and the hotel key to make us conclude you were going to kill him.
You know the tricky little bastard depends on misdirection, or getting a man to think along natural lines while he pulls something plain logic would never lead one to expect.
It seemed that with everything going on, the Ministry of Misdirection had become moot.
First there is misdirection, where I see to it that you look only where I want you to.
With a prodigious skill at misdirection, Kaliga avoided telling him anything at all, let alone something useful.
But by a combination of a simple secret that has been kept securely, many years of practice, a certain amount of audience misdirection, and the use of conventional magic techniques it has become the keystone of my act and my career.
I believe that if I can perform it regularly enough then extra rehearsals, beyond stage movements, misdirection and patter, should not be necessary.
Incredibly devious conditions hatch cosmologies of telepathic misdirection - Mind screen movies overlapping make recordings ahead of leave before thinking was recorded - Our most precise data came from U.
From experience, I knew that he used misdirection the same way magicians used it.
It was a small misdirection, but it would compel the pirates to search the rest of the inn before setting out in pursuit.
He spoke frankly of his attempted misdirection and its unfortunate results and made a point of the fact that all three of the captured men had wished to return when given the chance.
We plan a simple misdirection, a sleight of hand, so that our enemies cannot stop us.
Take away the flourishes and misdirection, the staffs and cloaks and circles of stones, and all that remained was vast, destructive power.