Irrelevant
Not important or related to the subject matter. It is used by attornies often during the trial to object the arguments raised by the opponent.
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Irrelevant - Evidence not relating or applicable to the matter in issue.
Irrelevant
Not material. Irrelevancy forms the basis of an objection to the introduction of evidence asserting that the proposed evidence is not connected to the issue being decided.
irrelevant - Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.
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irrelevant
adj. not important, pertinent, or germane to the matter at hand or to any issue before the court. This is the most common objection raised by attorneys to questions asked or to answers given during testimony in a trial.
irrelevant Not relevant; not relating or applicable to the matters in issue; evidence is irrelevant and therefore inadmissible if it has no tendency to prove or disprove an issue involved in a case.
Irrelevant
Definition - adj
: not relevant
: not applicable or pertinent <~ allegations> <~ evidence>
compare immaterial
Pronunciationir-'re-l&-v&nt ...
Definition: irrelevant
Antonyms: essential, important, material, meaningful, relevant, substantial
adj
Definition: not existing in physical form
Antonyms: bodily, material, physical, real, solid, substantial, tangible ...
In the context of legal proceedings, it refers to that which is irrelevant or outside the scope of the debate.
Expanded Legal Definition of DehorsDe Jure Latin: of the law.
The common law pleadings (it was said) did not state the facts on which the pleader relied, but only the legal aspect of the facts or the inferences from them, while the chancery pleadings were lengthy, tedious and to a large extent irrelevant and ...
Some offences (such as drunken driving) are matters of strict liability, which means that the intention or state of mind of the person committing the offence is irrelevant.
It is critically important to know which of an injured person's medical records an opposing insurance company or party to a lawsuit is entitled to receive and which other records are irrelevant and protected by the patient-physician privilege.
Offers of proof arise when a party begins a line of questioning that the other side objects to as calling for irrelevant or inadmissible information.
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.
In some jurisdictions you may be limited to a particular number of total questions you can ask. Irrelevant A thing is irrelevant if it does not directly relate to an issue in the case. See relevant.
Obiter Dictum: Remark by a judge in a legal opinion that is irrelevant to the decision and does not establish precedent . Often used in the plural, dicta.
have traditionally been fixed, not by determining the appropriate value of the penalty in relation to the committed offense, but by determining what property has been 'tainted ' by unlawful use, to which issue the value of the property is irrelevant.
Dehors:
French for outside. In the context of legal proceedings, it refers to that which is irrelevant or outside the scope of the debate.
De Jure:
According to law.
By this term is understood the evidence which is applicable to the issue joined; it is relevant when it is applicable to the issue, and ought to be admitted; it is irrelevant, when it does not apply; and it ought then to be excluded.
Suppress: To prohibit or to forbid; to put an end to something that already exists; to keep evidence from being presented by showing it to be irrelevant or gathered illegally.
of the legal 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 ...
 See also: Relevant, Law, Person, Court, Case
  
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