Legal Definition and Related Resources of Irrelevant

Meaning of Irrelevant

That which does not relate to the matter before the court . evidence is irrelevant where it has no tendency to prove or disprove any issue involved. See relevant .

Irrelevant Alternative Definition

Matter in a pleading which has no substantial relation to the controversy in suit. 3 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 743; 6 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 312. Equivalent to “impertinent.” Includes “Scandalous” matter in a pleading. 5 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 53.

Synonyms of Irrelevant

adjective

alien
alienus
aside from the point
beside the mark
beside the point
beside the question
deviating
extraneous
far from the point
foreign
gratuitous
immaterial
impertinent
inapplicable
inapposite
inappropos
inappropriate
inapt
incongruous
inconsequent
inconsequential
inessential
insignificant
irrelative
malapropos
nihil ad rem pertinet
not applicable
not on point
not pertaining to
not pertinent
not significant
not to the point
not to the purpose
not vital
off the subject
off the topic
out of order
out of place
out of the way
remote
unallied
unapt
unconnected
unessential
unimportant
unrelated
unsuitable
unwarranted
without reference to
Associated Concepts: irrelevant evidence
irrelevant pleading
irrelevant statement
irrelevant testimony

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Immaterial, Impertinence, Intervene.

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Translation of Objection, Irrelevant, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Objeción, no es pertinente and other legal terms is available here.

Objeción, no es pertinente
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Translation of Irrelevant, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Inaplicable and other legal terms is available here.

Inaplicable
Impertinente
Irrelevante
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