manifest error or clearly wrong rule
manifest-error-or-clearly-wrong rule. In some jurisdictions, the doctrine that an appellate court cannot set aside a trial court’s finding of fact unless a review of the entire record reveals that the finding has no reasonable basis. [Cases: Appeal and Error 999(1), 1008.1(5, 7).C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 784, 805, 810.]
