# Surplusage

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{{Short description|Jurisprudential term}}
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In [jurisprudence](/source/jurisprudence), '''''surplusage''''' is language within a document that has no legal [relevance](/source/relevance) to a cause, and may thus be ignored.<ref>{{cite web |title=surplusage |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/surplusage |website=Wex |publisher=Cornell Law School |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>

Another use of the term is in [statutory interpretation](/source/statutory_interpretation). Where one reading of a statute would make one or more parts of the statute redundant and another reading would avoid the redundancy, the other reading is preferred.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Golden |first1=John M. |title=Redundancy: When Law Repeats Itself |journal=Texas Law Review |date=2015 |volume=94 |page=629}}</ref>

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