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Prolixity

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The unnecessary and superfiuous statement of facts in pleading or in evidence. This will be rejected as impertinent. 7 Price, 278, note. PROLOCUTOR (Lat. pro and loquor, to speak before).

In ecclesiastical law. The president or chairman of a convocation.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Superfluity of facts alleged in a pleading.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The unnecessary and superfluous statement of facts in pleading or in evidence. This will be rejected as impertinent. 7 Price 278, n.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The unnecessary and superfluous statement of facts in pleading or in evidence. This will be rejected as impertinent. 7 Price, 278, note.