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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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.

Defined under Surplusage in The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary.