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defect definition - legal

n

An error or flaw in a process or product, affecting performance and potentially causing harm; a shortcoming in a legal document that may lead to its invalidity, or in a pleading that may lead to its dismissal.
apparent defect
A flaw or error that should have been noticed by a reasonably observant individual. Also known as a patent defect.
design defect
An error or flaw introduced, or not detected, during the design of the process or product.
fatal defect
Pertaining to a contract or a pleading, an error or flaw of such gravity that it may invalidate the document in question.
manufacturing defect
An error or flaw in a product, introduced during the manufacturing rather than the design phase.
marketing defect
The failure either to inform users of the appropriate way to use a product so as to avoid harm, or to disclose an error or flaw in a product that may cause harm to a user.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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