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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.