Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Misdirection

Misdirection , noun

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
3.
The direction of another's attention to an unimportant place or matter, for the purpose of being able to perform an action undetected; as, misdirection is an important part of a magician's art.