Surplusage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
——In Accounts. A greater disbursement than the charges amount to; a balance over.
1 Lew. 219.
In Pleading. Allegations of matter wholly foreign and impertinent to the cause. AH matter beyond the circumstances necessary t6 constitute the action is surplusage.
Cowp. 688; 6 East, 275; 10 East, 205; 2 Johns. Oas. (N. Y.) 52; 1 Mason (U. S.) S7; 16 Tex. 656.