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(legal, US) In U.S. trademark law, misdescriptive in a way that is likely to deceive consumers in a way that influences the decision to purchase.
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(US, legal) Of a product, containing incorrect information on the label that would tend to deceive consumers as to any aspect of the product.
(British, finance) To sell misleadingly, fraudulently, or in violation of laws or regulations.
(UK, legal) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
(US, legal, uncountable) In trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than the identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark.