DOCTRINE OF SCRIVENER’S ERROR
doctrine of scrivener’s error.A rule permitting a typographical error in a document to be
reformed by parol evidence, if the evidence is precise, clear, and convincing. See clerical error
under ERROR(2). [Cases: Reformation of Instruments 17(2). C.J.S. Reformation of Instruments
§ 25.] [Blacks Law 8th]