"Errors and omissions excepted" (E&OE) is a phrase used in an attempt to reduce
legal liability
In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated". Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts, taxes, or fines given by government agenci ...
for potentially incorrect or incomplete information supplied in a contractually related document such as a quotation or specification.
It is often applied as a
disclaimer
A disclaimer is generally any statement intended to specify or delimit the scope of rights and obligations that may be exercised and enforced by parties in a legally recognized relationship. In contrast to other terms for legally operative langua ...
in situations in which the information to which it is applied is relatively fast-moving. In