cumulative error
English
editNoun
editcumulative error (plural cumulative errors)
- A statistical or measurement error that compounds with further calculation, analysis, etc.
- Rounding the results of intermediate calculations introduces cumulative error in the final answer.
- (law) Legal errors that, when taken alone may be immaterial, but taken together substantially prejudice the result of a trial.
- 2024, Glossip v. Oklahoma (U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-7466), Brief of respondent in support of petition for a writ of certiorari:
- In addition to confessing error relating to the Napue violation, the State confessed to cumulative error in response to multiple issues raised in Glossip’s Post-Conviction Relief Application that, when taken together with the incorrect testimony of the State’s key witness, the State believes establishes that Glossip’s trial was unfair and unreliable.
- 2024, Glossip v. Oklahoma (U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-7466), Brief of respondent in support of petition for a writ of certiorari:
Further reading
edit- “cumulative error”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.