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Meaning of Impertinent
(Lat. in, not, pertinena, pertaining or relating to). In Equity Pleading.. A term applied to matters introduced into a bill, answer, or other proceeding in a suit which are not properly before the court for decision at that particular stage of the suit.. 1 Sumn. (U. S.) 506; 3 Story (U. S.) 13; 1 Paige, Ch. (N. Y.) 555; 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 439. Impertinent matter is not necessarily scandalous; but all scandalous matter is impertinent. In Pleading at Law. A term applied to matters not necessary to constitute the cause of action or ground of defense. Cowp. 683; 5 East, 275; 2 Mass. 283. It constitutes surplusage (g. v.). In Practice. A term applied to evidence of facts which do not belong to the matter in question. That which is immaterial is, in general, impertinent, and that which is material is not, in general, impertinent. 1 McClel. & Y. 337. Impertinent matter in the interrogatories to witnesses or their answers, in equity, will be expunged after reference to a master at the cost of the offending party. 2 Younge & C. 445.
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Synonyms of Impertinent
(Insolent), adjective
- abusive
- arrogant
- assuming
- audacious
- bellicose
- bold
- brash
- brazen
- cavalier
- churlish
- coarse
- contempt
- contemptuous
- contumacious
- contumelious
- defiant
- derisive
- discourteous
- disdainful
- disrespectful
- flippant
- forward
- fresh
- haughty
- hostile
- illmannered
- impolite
- improper
- impudent
- insolens
- insubordinate
- insulting
- intrusive
- irreverent
- malapert
- offensive
- pert
- presumptuous
- procacious
- provocative
- rebellious
- rough
- rude
- saucy
- scoffing
- shameless
- surly
- unabashed
- uncivil
- uncouth
- ungracious
- unmannerly
- unpolished
- unrefined
- vulgar
(Irrelevant), adjective
- alien
- beside the mark
- beside the point
- beside the question
- disconnected
- extraneous
- gratuitous
- immaterial
- inadmissible
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapropos
- incidental
- incongruous
- inconsequent
- independent
- irrelative
- malapropos
- off the subject
- out of place
- quod nihil ad rem est
- remote
- separate
- unallied
- unapt
- unconnected
- unrelated
- without connection Associated Concepts: impertinent questioning
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