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Surplusage

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In pleading. Allegations of matter wholly foreign and impertinent to the cause. A11 matter bsyond the circumstances necessary to constitute the action. 3se Sinte v. Whitehouse, 95 Me. 179, 49 Atl. 869; Adams v. Capitol State Bank, 74 Miss. 307, 20 South. 881; Bradley v. Reynolds, 61 Conn. 271, 23 Atl. 928.

Surplusage of accounts. A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts unto. In another sense, "surplusage" is the remainder or overplus of money left. Jacob.