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    Misdirection (?), n.
    1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

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    2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W.

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    3. The direction of another's attention to an unimportant place or matter, for the purpose of being able to perform an action undetected; as, “misdirection is an important part of a magician's art”.

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