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Definition of Pertinency
1. Noun. Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.
Generic synonyms: Relevance, Relevancy
Specialized synonyms: Germaneness
Derivative terms: Applicable, Pertain, Pertinent, Pertinent, Pertain, Pertinent, Pertinent
Antonyms: Inapplicability
Definition of Pertinency
1. Noun. The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pertinency
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertinency
Literary usage of Pertinency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1900)
"The pertinency of the interrogatories must be decided by reference only to the
case made by the plaintiff's pleading and to what will be in issue at the ..."
2. A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action by Alexander Campbell, Nathan Lewis Rice, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1844)
"Their relevancy, pertinency, and power, should be regarded with special reference
to it. We have first appealed to the great law, defining the meaning of ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations by Henry Osborn Taylor (1902)
"... promises of the different contracting parties constitute the consideration
for each other;2 but to this it is answered with apparent pertinency, that, ..."
4. The Law of Libel and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases: As Administered in by Martin L. Newell (1898)
"pertinency of the Answers.— The answer must be pertinent to the inquiry. If,
where one is asked the party's name or address, he must not commence to ..."
5. Current Law (1904)
"... negligence are for the jury.10 See footnote as to pertinency and sufficiency
of instructions.11 EMBEZZLEMENT.!» Elements.—To constitute embezzlement ..."
6. Digest of the Decisions of Law and Practice in the Patent Office from 1890 by Lepine Hall Rice, United States Patent Office (1900)
"EXPLANATION OF pertinency. LACK OF INVENTION. ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION. FOREIGN PATENT.
... EXPLANATION OF pertinency. General rule. An applicant is entitled, ..."
7. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... The second general point, concerning the pertinency of the objection. 6.
Why doth he yet find fault ? TV en /xe'/x^erai ; or Why doth he yet chide ? ..."
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