A mistake made in copying or writing out a document.
笔误，抄写错误
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Unfortunately what I received was an education lacking in concern, severely dated and administered by a system plagued with clerical errors.
I'm delighted for everybody who has done well today but sad that I was denied the opportunity because of a clerical error.
Be particularly vigilant when you open an account, as it is possible for clerical errors to creep in when details are input.
But the clerical errors, of course, might have been worse.
A clerical error had put 20 years on the 13-year-old girl.
In this case it would appear that a clerical error has resulted in a letter being sent to the patient and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
And I know for a fact that the people at the Faction do not make clerical errors.
Memorably, Moby once described his recent success as the result of a series of clerical errors.
I will address the criminalisation of farmers resulting from simple clerical errors.
In Hounslow, in west London, hundreds of people arrived at polling stations to find they had been struck off the register owing to a clerical error.
If challenged they will claim the rules are unclear, or that a clerical error has been made.
Some of the most frequent causes for failure included clerical errors, calibration errors, random errors, and errors caused by faulty testing materials.
‘Issues such as minimal tag loss, forgetting to sign a card or other minor clerical errors should not lead to any sanctions on farmers,’ he said.
The nomination meeting isn't going to be decided on the basis of a clerical error.
But clerical errors can cause a lot of damage to a lot of people.
I believe it was a terrible clerical error, but I think that obviously the first version should have been torn up, and it did not happen.
A school spokesman said: ‘We apologise for the confusion caused by a minor clerical error.’
Volume overload, bacterial contamination, and ABO haemolytic reactions to the transfusion resulting from administrative or clerical errors are further risks.
Of course, their omission from the list may simply be a clerical error, but if this is the case, it needs to be corrected.
‘It is a clerical error,’ he explained, ‘and not my clerical error.’