Legal Definition and Related Resources of Immaterial

Meaning of Immaterial

Unimportant; not essential or pertinent; of no substantial consequence. Ar. Averment is said to be immaterial when it is unnecessary in regard to the matters in issue . An issue is said to be immateria when it will not decide the action . evidence which is offered to prove a proposition not at issue . Differs from irrelevant in that evidence which is irrelevant does not logically establish any material proposition. See People v Twitty, 324 N.E.2d 222, 25 Hl.App.id 1065.

Immaterial Alternative Definition

Not material; not essential or important.

Synonyms of Immaterial

adjective

baseless
beside the point
beside the question
bodiless
chimerical
diminutive
ethereal
expers corporis
extraneous
groundless
impertinent
inapplicable
inappreciable
inappropriate
inconsequential
incorporeal
inessential
insignificant
insubstantial
intangible
irrelevant
lightweight
meaningless
minor
nominal
nonessential
nonphysical
not connected with
not important
not pertaining to
not pertinent
nullius momenti
of little account
of no consequence
of no essential consequence
of no importance
of no moment
of no significance
off the point
off the topic
other wordly
out of place
outoftheway
outside the question
pointless
remote
sine corpore
spectral
trivial
unessential
unimportant
unrelated
unsubstanital
vaporous
without depth
without substance
without weight
worthless
Associated Concepts: immaterial allegations
immaterial alteration
immaterial averment
immaterial breach
immaterial facts
immaterial issues
immaterial testimony
immaterial variance
incompetent evidence
irrelevant evidence

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Translate Immaterial from English to Spanish

Translation of Immaterial, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Sin importancia and other legal terms is available here.

Sin importancia
Inmaterial
Irrelevante
Impertinente
Indiferente
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Immaterial is often used as the basis for an objection to evidence or testimony offered in court which is arued to be irrelevant to the issue in dispute.

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