extraneous matter
111special errors — In common law pleading, special pleas in error are such as, instead of joining in error, alleging some extraneous matter as a ground of defeating the writ of error, e.g., a release of errors, expiration of the tune within which error might be… …
112foreign body — ► NOUN ▪ a piece of extraneous matter in the body …
113precise — [16] Something that is precise is etymologically ‘cut off in front’. The word was acquired via French précis (subsequently borrowed as the noun précis ‘summary’ in the 18th century) from Latin praecīsus, an adjectival use of the past participle… …
114accretion — n. 1 growth by organic enlargement. 2 a the growing of separate things into one. b the product of such growing. 3 a extraneous matter added to anything. b the adhesion of this. 4 Law a = ACCESSION. b the increase of a legacy etc. by the share of… …
115autometamorphism — “+ noun Etymology: aut + metamorphism : alteration of igneous rocks by their own residual solutions without introduction of extraneous matter …
116topdressing — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: from gerund of topdress 1. a. : the act of one who topdresses soil b. : the material used to topdress soil 2 …
117regulize — regˈulize or regˈulise transitive verb To reduce to regulus • • • Main Entry: ↑regulus * * * ˈregulize, v. rare 0. [f. as prec. + ize.] trans. ‘To reduce to regulus or pure metal; to separate pure metal from extraneous matter’ (Webster 1828–32) …
118KARA, JOSEPH — (before c. 1060–70), Bible commentator from the north of France. The surname Kara (presumably Bible commentator) is an indication of Joseph s major occupation. The assumption that his surname means teacher is supported by his popular style and… …
119MEGILLAH — ( Scroll ), tenth tractate in the order Mo ed, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. Megillah, in four chapters, deals with liturgical readings from the Bible, especially with the reading of the scroll of esther on purim… …
120surplusage — Extraneous, impertinent, superfluous, or unnecessary matter. Matter in any instrument which is unnecessary to its meaning and does not affect its validity; whatever is extraneous, impertinent, superfluous or unnecessary, and in procedure means… …
