Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Misdirection \Mis`di*rec"tion\, n.
   1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so
      directed.

   2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter
      of law. --Mozley & W.

Source : WordNet®

misdirection
     n 1: an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
     2: incorrect directions or instructions
     3: management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished
        little due to the mismanagement of his energies" [syn: {mismanagement}]
     4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away
        from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
        [syn: {distraction}]