The absence of the quality of relevancy in evidence or pleadings. Irrelevancy , in an answer, consists in statements which are not material to the decision of the case; such as do not form or tender any material issue . People v. McCumber, 18 N. Y. 321, 72 Am. Dec. 515; Walker v. Hewitt, 11 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 39S; Carpenter v. Bell, 1 Rob. (N. Y.) 715; Smith v. Smith, 50 S. C. 54, 27 S. E. 545.
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