Jeofail

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jeofail \Jeof"ail\ (j[e^]f"[asl]l), n. [F. j'ai failli I have
     failed.] (Law)
     An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake
     or oversight. --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]