cumulative error

== English == === Noun === cumulative error (plural cumulative errors) (statistics) A statistical or measurement error that compounds with further calculation, analysis, etc. (law) Legal errors that, when taken alone may be immaterial, but taken together substantially prejudice the result of a trial. 2024, Glossip v. Oklahoma (U.S. Supreme Court No. 22-7466), Brief of respondent in support of petition for a writ of certiorari: In addition to confessing error relating to the Napue violation, the State confessed to cumulative error in response to multiple issues raised in Glossip’s Post-Conviction Relief Application that, when taken together with the incorrect testimony of the State’s key witness, the State believes establishes that Glossip’s trial was unfair and unreliable. ==== Further reading ==== “cumulative error”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.