miskenning means A wrong citation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “miskenning” is a great word
MISKENNING — [Noun] A formal error or procedural mistake in a legal pleading, historically incurring a fine. From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung ("a mistake in pleading"), equivalent to mis- ("wrongly") + kenning ("declaration, assertion"). First attested in 1533. Unlike "misinterpretation" (a general failure of understanding) or "misstatement" (a simple factual inaccuracy), a miskenning is a specific, technical fracture in the ritual architecture of the law. It is the wrong word stamped on a wax-sealed writ, the omitted phrase from a required formula, or the mis-copied name in a court roll—a small, silent error for which the price was exact, proving the vessel was once more sacred than the wine.
Etymology
From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”), equivalent to misken + -ing or mis- + kenning. Cognate with Dutch miskenning (“misunderstanding, mistreatment”).
noun
- A wrong citation.“So that by about 1300, Dublin (b) or Waterford spoke with authority thus : "... it may be a cause of miskenning if perchance it happens that a man sues at the bar and the other party answers him, [...]”