Definitions for surplusage
ˈsɜr plʌs ɪdʒsur·plusage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietynoun

   a quantity much larger than is needed

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surplusagenoun

   A surplus; a superabundance.

2. Etymology: From surplusagium, from surplus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surplus, Surplusagenoun

   A supernumerary part; overplus; what remains when use is satisfied.

   Etymology: sur and plus, French.

   If then thee list my offered grace to use,
   Take what thou please of all this surplusage;
   If thee list not, leave have thou to refuse. Edmund Spenser.

   That you have vouchsaf’d my poor house to visit,
   It is a surplus of your grace. William Shakespeare.

   When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

   We made a substance so disposed to fluidity, that by so small an agitation as only the surplusage of that which the ambient air is wont to have about the middle even of a Winter’s day, above what it hath in the first part. Boyle.

   The officers spent all, so as there was no surplusage of treasure; and yet that all was not sufficient. Davies.

   Whatsoever degrees of assent one affords a proposition beyond the degrees of evidence, it is plain all that surplusage of assurance is owing not to the love of truth. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surplusage

   In jurisprudence, surplusage is language within a document that has no legal relevance to a cause, and may thus be ignored.Another use of the term is in statutory interpretation. Where one reading of a statute would make one or more parts of the statute redundant and another reading would avoid the redundancy, the other reading is preferred.

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1. surplusage

   Surplusage refers to an amount or quantity that is more than what is necessary, required, or needed. This term is often used in legal contexts to refer to superfluous or irrelevant words or matter in a document or statement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surplusagenoun

   surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted

2. Surplusagenoun

   matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected

3. Surplusagenoun

   a greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to

4. Etymology: [See Surplus, and cf. Superplusage.]

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1. Surplusage

   In jurisprudence, surplusage is a useless statement completely irrelevant to the cause. Surplusages may be included in any declaration, plea, or claim. According to LectLaw

Matched Categories

1. • Overabundance

How to pronounce surplusage?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

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   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surplusage in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surplusage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=surplusage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surplusage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=surplusage
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplusage
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surplusage
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=surplusage