misindex
misindex verb: to index incorrectly.
Verb
misindex (third-person singular simple present misindexes, present participle misindexing, simple past and past participle misindexed)
- To index incorrectly.
- Of course, in many cases the named grantee in the last recorded deed will not be the titleholder, or the titleholder’s name will have changed since the last recorded deed. […] In such cases a brief explanation is necessary to keep the recording officials from misindexing the deed.1986, Deborah Flynn, “Deeds of Conveyance”, in Introduction to Real Estate Law (West’s Paralegal Series), 2nd edition, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →ISBN, section II (The Elements of a...
- Who bears the loss when a filing officer misindexes a financing statement or gives inaccurate information in response to a file search request?1992, Raymond T[heodore] Nimmer, Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, “Perfection and Notice”, in Commercial Transactions: Secured Financing: Cases, Materials, Problems (Contemporary Legal Education Series)...
Forms of misindex
| third-person singular present | misindexes |
|---|---|
| present participle | misindexing |
| past participle | misindexed |
| past | misindexed |
Origin of misindex
From mis- + index.
Questions about misindex
- What does misindex mean?
- Misindex means to index incorrectly.
- What part of speech is misindex?
- Misindex is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misindex?
- The past tense of misindex is misindexed.
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