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Inapposite

Not apposite not fit or suitable not pertinent

Breviloquence

A brief and pertinent mode of speaking

rest

end voluntarily the introduction of evidence in a case [the defense s] vt : to cease presenting evidence pertinent to (a case) [I my case]

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pleading

sufficient to give notice of a claim or defense rather than by a technical account of any facts pertinent to the claim or defense compare fact pleading in this entry NOTE: Notice pleading is allowed under the

irrelevant

irrelevant : not relevant : not applicable or pertinent [ allegations] [ evidence] compare immaterial ir·rel·e·vant·ly adv

devisavit vel non

non [New Latin, (whether) he/she bequeaths or not] : a document that sets forth the questions of fact pertinent to the validity of an alleged will and is sent from a court of probate or chancery to

Scandal

not be only offensive, but also irrelevant to the cause, for however, offensive it be, if it be pertinent and material to the cause the party has a right to plead it. It may often be necessary

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