Meaning surplusage
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surplusagen. a term used in analyzing legal documents and pleadings to refe...
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surplusagec. 1400, from Medieval Latin surplusagium, from surplus (see surplus).
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surplusageLanguage in a legal document that is irrelevant or has no legal effect and therefore can be ignored.
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surplusageexcessive or nonessential matter ;esp : matter contained in a pleading that is unnecessary or irrelevant
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surplusageSurplusage is a term used in analyzing legal documents and pleadings to refer to wording or statements which is irrelevant to the cause and, therefore, is generally ignored.
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surplusage(n) a quantity much larger than is needed
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surplusage
(now,_|rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
* '''1590''', Edmund Spenser, ''The Faerie Queene'', II.vii:
*: If then thee list my offred grace to vse, / Take what thou please of all this surplusage; [..]
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