Error

n. [Lat. error, from errare, to wander from the truth; Pr., Sp., & Pg. error, It. errore, Fr. erreur.] 1. A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; misapprehension; perversion; mistake; blunder. His judgment was often in error, though his candor remained unimpeached. Bancroft.

2. Want of truth; falsity; oversight; inaccuracy; as, an error in a declaration, in writing, in printing, and the like.
3. Transgression of law; violation of duty; transgression; iniquity; fault.

Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Ps. xix. 12. 4. Departure from the ordinary or appointed course; deviation; wandering. Driven by the winds and errors of the sea. Dryden.

5. (Math.) The difference between the result of any operation and the true result;—used particularly in the rule of double position.
6. (Law.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.

Error of a clock, the interval of time by which it is slower or faster than the true time; if of a sidereal clock, than the true sidereal time; if of a mean-time clock, than the true mean time.—Writ of error (Law.), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. Bouvier. Burrill.