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immaterial
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Immaterial
(adj) The adjective 'Immaterial' is used to qualify an article, material, action, event etc which cannot or does not influence in any way the subject matter under consideration.
immaterial
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.
IMMATERIAL. What is not essential; unimportant what is not requisite; what is informal; as, an immaterial averment, an immaterial issue.
Immaterial A thing is immaterial if it cannot affect the outcome of a case. If a fact offered as evidence is immaterial, the court should sustain an objection to its introduction and strike same from the record.
Its form is immaterial, provided the instrument is to take effect after the death of the party; and a paper in the form of an indenture, which is to have that effect, is considered as a devise.
It is immaterial whether the offender is juror, party, witness, counsel, solicitor or a stranger to the case at hearing, ...
testimony, documents or things which one side attempts to present as evidence during trial, which the court finds (usually after objection by the opposition) are not admissible because they are irrelevant or immaterial to the issues in the lawsuit.
Definition - adj
: not relevant
: not applicable or pertinent <~ allegations> <~ evidence>
compare immaterial
Pronunciationir-'re-l&-v&nt ...
controversy and the written pleadings determine what assertions of fact each party must prove or disprove to win the case, and an item of evidence that at best has a remote bearing on the factual issues must be excluded as irrelevant or immaterial.
If agreement in this sense is wanting, it is immaterial whether its absence is due to the mistake of one party or of both. In either case it is the absence of a meeting of the minds which prevents the contract being formed.
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