latent defect

Examples of patent defect

patent defect
Not unfrequently repeals have been effected soon after their enactment, either because of patent defects, or because the people condemned them.
From Project Gutenberg
But with these patent defects it ought to be allowed her that the object for which she struggled was not only a perfectly legitimate, but a noble one.
From Project Gutenberg
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