Irrelevancy
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The quality or state of being Inapplicable or impertinent to a fact or argument 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. Mc- Cumber, 18 N. Y. 315, 321, 72 Am. Dec. 515.