IRREGULARITY
A defect, failure, or mistake in a legal proceeding or lawsuit; a departure from a prescribed rule or regulation.
An irregularity is not an unlawful act, how-
ever, in certain instances, it is sufficiently serious
to render a lawsuit invalid. For example, a num-
ber of states have statutes that require the
appointment of a guardian to represent the
interests of a child who is being sued. The failure
to do so is an irregularity that can be used as a
ground for invalidating and setting aside a judg-
ment entered against the child.
In other cases, however, the flaw might be a
simple HARMLESS ERROR that can be easily rec-
tified, and, therefore, does not render the pro-
