- Praesentia corporis tollit errorem nominis
- The presence of the substance cures an error in the name of it. Smoot v United States, 237 US 38, 42, 59 L Ed 829, 830, 35 S Ct 540.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Praesentia corporis tollit errorem nominis
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