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Webster 1913 Edition
Surplusage
1.
Surplus; excess; overplus;
as,
. surplusage
of grain or goods beyond what is wantedTake what thou please of all this
surplusage
. Spenser.
A
surplusage
given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature. Emerson.
2.
(Law)
Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
3.
(Accounts)
A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
[Obs.]
Rees.
Webster 1828 Edition
Surplusage
SURPLUS'AGE
,Noun.
1.
In law, something in the pleadings or proceedings not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.2.
In accounts, a greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounteth to.Definition 2024
surplusage
surplusage
English
Noun
surplusage (plural surplusages)
- (now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- If then thee list my offred grace to vse, / Take what thou please of all this surplusage; / If thee list not, leaue haue thou to refuse […]
- Emerson
- A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- (law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
- (finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Rees to this entry?)