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Clearly erroneous

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001018

A standard of review applied by appellate courts to findings of fact made by lower courts or administrative agencies. A finding is considered clearly erroneous if, despite some evidence to support it, the reviewing court is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed. This standard requires a high degree of certainty that an error occurred.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001018
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001018",
  "term": "Clearly erroneous",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A standard of review applied by appellate courts to findings of fact made by lower courts or administrative agencies. A finding is considered clearly erroneous if, despite some evidence to support it, the reviewing court is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed. This standard requires a high degree of certainty that an error occurred.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/clearly-erroneous/"
}

Record 844 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.