Surplusage
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
Matter in any written instrument which is extraneous, superfluous, or unnecessary. //&,/3 /39.
Surplusage df accounts
Signifies a greater disbursement than,the charge of tile accountant amounts unto. In another sense, surplusage is the remainder or overplus of money left. Jacob. Surplusagium non nocet. Surplusage does not injure; mere surplusage may be rejected. This maxim is otherwise expressed, superjlua non nocent, — superfluities do not injure; what is superfluous may be rejected.