Miskenning

Origin

From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung ("a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake"), equivalent to misken + -ing. Cognate with Dutch miskenning ("misunderstanding, mistreatment").

Full definition of miskenning

Noun

1. (legal) A wrong citation.
• 2005, Herman Cohen, A History Of The English Bar And Attornatus To 1450:So that by about 1300, Dublin (b) or Waterford spoke with authority thus : "... it may be a cause of miskenning if perchance it happens that a man sues at the bar and the other party answers him, ...
• 2010, Adolphus Ballard, James Tait, British Borough Charters 1216-1307:And that they be not made to suffer on account of miskenning in their suits, that is, if they have not pleaded exactly right.

Verb

1. Present participle of misken