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单词 jeofail
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jeofailn.

/ˈdʒɛfeɪl/
Forms: Also 1500s ieo-, ( yeo-), ioe-, ieoyfaile, ieofall.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman jeo fail, jo faill, I am at fault, I mistake.
a. Law. A mistake or oversight in pleading or other legal proceeding; also, an acknowledgement of such error. Obsolete exc. Historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > mistake or variation in pleading
miskenninglOE
misknowingc1503
mispleading1531
jeofail1541
departure1548
departer1628
1541 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 30 Thissues haue ben misioyned and a Ieofall [orig. draft Yeofaile].
1541 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 30 Any myspleading lacke of colour insufficient pleading or ieofaile notwithstanding.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 465 The Writ of Error..was heretofore vsuall to prolong suits in Law, before the Statute of Ieofaile was made, meaning in good French I'ay failly.
1624 Act 21 Jas. I c. 13 An Act for the further reformation of Jeofails.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxv. 407 Mistakes are also effectually helped by the statutes of amendment and jeofails: so called, because when a pleader perceives any slip in the form of his proceedings, and acknowledges such error (jeo faile) he is at liberty by those statutes to amend it.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 137 Here we see—alas!—a jeofail: a jeofail in the shape of a misrecital.
1879 Act 42 & 43 Vict. c. 59 Sched. ii, 32 Hen. VIII. c. 30 Mispleading Jeofayles, &c.
1883 Act 46 & 47 Vict. c. 49 §4 The enactments mentioned in Part II of the schedule to the Civil Procedure Acts, Repeal Act, 1879, are hereby repealed.]
b. transferred and figurative. A mistake or error generally. (In first quot. Failure, discomfiture.) ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun]
fallOE
confusionc1290
discomfiturea1400
castc1400
overthrowc1440
confoundinga1450
jeofail1546
prostitution1567
lurch1584
worsting1607
unhorsing1608
supplantation1617
defeat1676
overset1789
punishment1811
overthrowal1862
beating1883
unhorsement1884
whoop-ass1974
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
errora1340
defaulta1387
balkc1430
fault1523
jeofail1546
errat1548
trip1548
naught1557
missa1568
missinga1568
slide1570
snappera1572
amiss1576
mistaking1579
misprize1590
mistake1600
berry-block1603
solecism1603
fallibility1608
stumblea1612
blota1657
slur1662
incorrectnessa1771
bumble1823
skew1869
(to make) a false step1875
slip-up1909
ricket1958
bad1981
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. x. sig. Liv Pouertee brought that ioye to ioefayle.
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. xi. 111 The Acts of Dioclesian Maxim..You doe as good as passe by..which is greater Jeofaile then our Maximilian.
1645 J. Goodwin Innocency & Truth Triumphing 22 I conceive it to be a jeofaile in Theologie, a mistake in stead of a truth.
1828 Edinb. Rev. 48 511 These flaws and jeofails are not nature's doings, but our own.

Derivatives

ˈjeofail v. Obsolete rare (intransitive) to fail to meet an obligation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)]
to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290
to break dayc1300
faithc1410
swerve1527
to break touch1594
jeofail1599
recant1599
recede1648
discede1650
renege1651
shab1699
shaffle1781
weasel1956
1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 27 The Lords..sent him word, that if hee did ieofaile with them, and not come according to appointment, they would chuse another King.
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