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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

Law of persons

of persons. This is also commonly known as the jus personarum, a shortened form of jus quodad personas pertinent (the law that pertains to persons'), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 893.

Immaterial averment

Immaterial averment, an unnecessary statement which is not pertinent to the course of action, intrusive. See IMPERTINENCE.

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Cattle

Cattle [derived by Skinner, Menage, and Spelman fr. Capitalia, quac aspr copr ad caput pertinent, personal goods; in which sense Chttels is yet used. Mandeville uses Catele for price], beasts of pasture, either

Pertinacy

The quality or state of being pertinent pertinence

Pertinence

The quality or state of being pertinent justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand fitness appositeness relevancy suitableness

Irrelavant

Not relevant not applicable or pertinent not bearing upon or serving to support foreign extraneous as testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case

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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