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immaterial

immaterial, adj. (Of evidence) tending to prove some fact that is not properly at issue; lacking any logical connection with the consequential facts. Cf. IRRELEVANT. [Cases: Evidence 143. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 197, 201–204.] — immateriality, n. “The rules of substantive law and of pleading are what determine immateriality; and if the probandum is immaterial, of

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disjunctive allegation

A statement in a pleading or indictment that expresses something in the alternative, usu. with the conjunction “or” [a charge that the defendant murdered or caused to be murdered is a disjunctive alle-gation]. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 675; Indictment and Information 72; Pleading 20, 53. C.J.S. Indictments and Informations § 152; Pleading §§ 72–73, 150.]

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non assumpsit

non assumpsit (non [schwa]-s[schwa]m[p]-sit). [Latin “he did not undertake”] Hist. A general denial in an action of assumpsit. See ASSUMPSIT. [Cases: Assumpsit, Action of 20. C.J.S. Assumpsit, Action of § 19.] “ ‘Non assumpsit’ is the general issue in assumpsit, whether special or general, and is in effect a formal denial of liability on the

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