doctrine of scrivener's error
Definition
Legal principle that a map-drafting or typographical error in a written contract may be corrected by oral evidence if the evidence is clear, convincing, and precise. If such correction (called scrivener's amendment) affects property rights then it must be approved by those affected by it.
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doctrine of scrivener's error is in the Agreements & Contracts, Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Real Estate & Buildings subjects.
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