Irrelevant matter
1irrelevant — ir·rel·e·vant /ir re lə vənt/ adj: not relevant: not applicable or pertinent irrelevant allegations irrelevant evidence compare immaterial ir·rel·e·vant·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webst …
2irrelevant — [[t]ɪre̱lɪv(ə)nt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If you describe something such as a fact or remark as irrelevant, you mean that it is not connected with what you are discussing or dealing with. ...irrelevant details... The government decided… …
3irrelevant — a. Inapplicable, impertinent, aside from the point, foreign to the purpose, not bearing upon the point in question, having nothing to do with the matter, travelling out of the record …
4irrelevant — adj. (often foll. by to) not relevant; not applicable (to a matter in hand). Derivatives: irrelevance n. irrelevancy n. irrelevantly adv …
5Independence of irrelevant alternatives — (IIA) is an axiom of decision theory and various social sciences. The word is used in different meanings in different contexts. Although they all attempt to provide a rational account of individual behavior or aggregation of individual… …
6impertinent matter — n. Irrelevant material in a pleading. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
7scandalous matter — n. Immoral or indecent content; in legal pleadings, content that is impertinent or highly irrelevant and therefore subject to being stricken as improper. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
8Classification of the sciences (Peirce) — C. S. Peirce articles  General:    Charles Sanders Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography Philosophical:    Categories (Peirce) Semiotic elements and   classes of signs (Peirce) Pragmatic maxim • Pragmaticism… …
9Biblical Exegesis — Biblical Exegesis † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Biblical Exegesis Exegesis is the branch of theology which investigates and expresses the true sense of Sacred Scripture. The exegete does not inquire which books constitute Sacred… …
10scintilla of evidence rule — /sintila av evadans/ A spark of evidence. A metaphorical expression to describe a very insignificant or trifling item or particle of evidence; used in the statement of the common law rule that if there is any evidence at all in a case, even a… …
