fundamental error

fundamental error
An error of such character as to render a judgment void, as where the lower court proceeded without jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action. State v Cruikshank, 138 W Va 332, 76 SE2d 744. An error of the court which goes to the foundation of the case, or which takes from a defendant a right essential to his defense on appeal. Morrison v State, 37 Okla Crim 359, 258 P 1050. An error of the court which, in some jurisdictions, will be considered on appeal, notwithstanding the absence of an exception in the lower court or of an assignment of the error on appeal. Hollywood v Wellhausen, 28 Tex Civ App 541, 544, 68 SW 329.

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