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Trivial

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Of small importance. It is a rule in equity that a demurrer will lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as being below the dignity of the court. 4 Bouv. Inst, note 4237. See Hopk. 112; 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 183; 4 Paige, Ch. (N. Y.) 364.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Of small importance. It is a rule in equity that a demurrer will lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as being below the dignity of the court 4 Bouvier, Inst. n. 4237. See Maxims, De minimis, etc.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Trifling; Inconsiderable; of small worth or importance, in equity, a demurrer will lie to a hill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as being below the dignity of the court. 4 Bouv. Inst. no. 4237.