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Definition of Relevancy
1. Noun. The relation of something to the matter at hand.
Generic synonyms: Connectedness, Connection, Connexion
Specialized synonyms: Materiality, Cogency, Point, Applicability, Pertinence, Pertinency
Antonyms: Irrelevance
Derivative terms: Relevant, Relevant
Definition of Relevancy
1. Noun. The degree to which a thing is relevant; applicability ¹
2. Noun. A relevant thing. ¹
3. Noun. (legal Scotland) sufficiency to infer the conclusion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relevancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Relevancy
Literary usage of Relevancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Law of Evidence by John Jay McKelvey (1907)
"Distinction Between Logical and Legal relevancy. 100. ... 1 This is a definition
of logical relevancy. Logical relevancy plays a certain part in the law of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The so-called rule of relevancy is sometimes stated by text-writers in the ...
If Baron Parke's dictum relates to relevancy in its natural sense it is not ..."
3. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1908)
"relevancy of facts apparently collateral—Negligence cases. 164. ... relevancy of
disconnected facts to show defective machinery— Railway fires. 167. ..."
4. A Commentary on the Law of Evidence in Civil Issues by Francis Wharton (1888)
"relevancy. relevancy is that which conduces to the proof of a pertinent ...
Sir JF Stephen's theory of relevancy, § 25. Criticism of this theory, § 26. ..."
5. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1896)
"relevancy of facts apparently collateral — Negligence cases. § 100. ... relevancy of
disconnected facts to show defective machinery — Railroad fires. § 162. ..."
6. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"relevancy, how Determined. 41. The Attributes of relevancy. 42. ... Questions in
regard to the relevancy of particular items of testimony always depend upon ..."
7. The Encyclopædia of Evidence by Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Finley Crowe (1907)
"Logic as the Test of relevancy, 174 A. In General, 174 B. Remoteness, 177 3.
Intrinsic relevancy, 181 A. In General, 181 B. Connection With Other Testimony, ..."
8. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"Same : Conditional relevancy : Facts offered before **! ... in other words, the
relevancy appears only when all are considered together. ..."
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