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surplusage definition

sur·plus·age (-ij)

noun

  1. surplus; excess
    1. irrelevant or superfluous words or matter
    2. Law such matter in the pleading of a case

Etymology: ME: see surplus & -age

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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