procedural error
Formal protocol violation
A procedural error is a mistake in following established rules or steps rather than in substance or judgment.
Courts may overturn decisions based on procedural errors—improper notice, missed deadlines, or failure to follow protocol: The case was dismissed due to a procedural error in filing.
Distinguished from errors of fact or law.
- misfilingIncorrect document storage
- mistrialInvalid court proceeding
- case dismissedLegal proceeding terminated
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- technicalityPrecise procedural point
oversight · omission · thrown out · misinterpretation · mistake · voided · fault · chain of custody · remand · irregularity · miscalculation · blunder · filing deadline · miscommunication · appeal · carelessness · regulatory oversight · misjudgment
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- lab errorsmislabeling, cross-contamination, equipment failure, misidentification, quality control failure
- medical errorsmedication errors, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, wrong dose, wrong medication
- errorsmistake, blunder, blunders, fault, flaw
- human flawsmistake, flaw, fault, failing, weakness
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, errors, blunder
type of error/wrongdoing
procedural errorfactual error
Incorrect assertion of fact
legal error · ethical violation · criminal conduct · logical error · bad faith