Misrecital

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

  Misrecital \Mis`re*cit"al\, n.
     An inaccurate recital.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  MISRECITAL, contracts, pleading. The incorrect recital of a matter of fact, 
  either in an agreement or a plea; under the latter term is here understood 
  the declaration and all the subsequent pleadings. Vide Recital, and the 
  cases there cited; and Bac. Ab. Pleas, &c. B. 5, n. 3.