In a general sense, deficiency, want, or lack; ineffectualness; inefficiency as measured by some legal standard; an un-successful attempt, white v. Pettijohn, 23 N. C. 55; State v. Butler, 81 Minn. 103, 83 N. W. 483; Andrews v. Keep, 38 Ala. 317
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
