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Irrelevant

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Matter in a pleading which has no substantial relation to the controversy in suit.

3 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 743; 6 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 312.

Equivalent to "impertinent." Includes "Scandalous" matter in a pleading.

5 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 53.