Usually means: Mistake not affecting legal outcome.
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  1. harmless error: Dictionary.com
  2. Harmless error: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. harmless error: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. harmless error: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Harmless Error, Harmless error: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Harmless error)

noun:  In United States law, a harmless error is a ruling by a trial judge that, although mistaken, does not meet the burden for a losing party to reverse the original decision of the trier of fact on appeal, or to warrant a new trial.


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