Material
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
adj.
Important.
As applied to evidence ofiered in a cause, or facts drawn in question in a proceeding, it means much the same as relevant. Matters are pronounced material or immaterial to an issue, with the meaning that they are relevant or irrelevant.