Irrelevancy
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The absence of the quality of relevancy in evidence or pleadings. Irrelevancy, in an answer, consists in statements which are not material to the decision of the case ; such as do not form or tender any material issue.
People v. McCumber, 18 N. Y. 32i, 72 Am. Dec. 515; Walker v. Hewitt, 11 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 398; Carpenter v. Bell, 1 Rob. (N. Y.) 715; Smith v. Smith, 50 S. C. 54, 27 S. E. 545.