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im·ma·te·ri·al /ˌi-mə-'tir-ē-əl/ adj: not essential, pertinent, or of consequencethe jury could have discounted the medical history evidence, or while accepting its accuracy, found it immaterial — Willett v. State, 911 S.W.2d 937 (1995) compare irrelevantim·ma·te·ri·al·i·ty /ˌi-mə-ˌtir-ē-'a-lə-tē/ n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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baseless, beside the point, beside the question, bodiless, chimerical, diminutive, ethereal, expers corporis, extraneous, groundless, impertinent, inapplicable, inappreciable, inappropriate, inconsequential, incorporeal, inessential, insignificant, insubstantial, intangible, irrelevant, lightweight, meaningless, minor, nominal, nonessential, nonphysical, not connected with, not important, not pertaining to, not pertinent, nullius momenti, of little account, of no consequence, of no essential consequence, of no importance, of no moment, of no significance, off the point, off the topic, other wordly, out of place, out-of-the-way, outside the question, pointless, remote, sine corpore, spectral, trivial, unessential, unimportant, unrelated, unsubstantial, vaporous, without depth, without substance, without weight, worthless
associated concepts: immaterial allegations, immaterial alteration, immaterial averment, immaterial breach, immaterial facts, immaterial issues, immaterial testimony, immaterial variance, incompetent evidence, irrelevant evidence
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frivolous, impertinent (irrelevant), imponderable, inapposite, inconsequential, inconsiderable, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, irrelevant, minor, negligible, nugatory, null (insignificant), slight, trivial, unessential
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Irrelevant; not essential; of no material importance. See also material
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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1) In court, a commonly heard objection to introducing evidence in a trial on the ground that it had nothing substantial to do with any issue in the case.2) In a lawsuit, a matter that has no bearing on the issues in dispute.Category: Representing Yourself in CourtCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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Not essential or necessary; not important or pertinent; not decisive; of no substantial consequence; without weight; of no material significance.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Not essential or necessary; not important or pertinent; not decisive; of no substantial consequence; without weight; of no material significance.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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adj.a commonly heard objection to introducing evidence in a trial on the ground that it had nothing substantial to do with the case or any issue in the case. It can also apply to any matter (such as an argument or complaint) in a lawsuit which has no bearing on the issues to be decided in a trial. The public is often surprised at what is immaterial, such as references to a person's character or bad deeds in other situations.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
