clerical error

Generally, a mistake in writing or copying. Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Corporation v. Los Angeles County, 22 Cal.App.2d 418, 71 P.2d 282.

It may include error apparent on face of instrument, record, indictment or information, In re Goldberg's Estate, 10 Cal.2d 709, 76 P.2d 508, 512;

error in respect of matters of record, Shotwell v. State, 135 Tex.Cr.R. 366, 120 S.W.2d 97;

errors, mistakes, or omissions by clerk, writer, counsel, or judge which are not the result of exercise of judicial function, Pacific Finance Corporation of California v. La Monte, 64 Idaho 438, 133 P.2d 921, 922; Wilson v. City of Fergus Falls, 181 Minn. 329, 232 N.W. 322, 323;

failure of clerk to enter order, Keller v. Cleaver, 20 Cal.App.2d 364, 67 P.2d 131, 133;

omission in statutory provision, Craig v. State, 204 Ark. 798, 164 S.W.2d 1007, 1008;

order fixing tax rate below statutory rate, In re Jagnow's Estate, 148 Misc. 657, 266 N.Y.S. 785, 788;

placing of case on calendar without notice, New England Furniture & Carpet Co. v. Willcuts, D.C. Minn., 55 F.2d 983, 987;

purported order incongruous and irrelevant to surrounding recitals, Carpenter v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of California, 14 Cal.2d 704, 96 P.2d 796, 799;

signature by judge to judgment which does not express judicial desire or intention, Bastajian v. Brown, 19 Cal.2d 209, 120 P.2d 9, 12.

As applied to judgments and decrees is a mistake or omission by a clerk, counsel, judge or printer which is not the result of exercise of judicial function. In re Humboldt River System, 77 Nev. 244, 362 P.2d 265, 267.

Clerical errors may be corrected by the court at any time of its own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if any, as the court orders. Fed.R. Civil P. 6<Xa)