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Webster 1913 Edition
Redundancy
{
Re-dun′dance
(r?-d?n′dans)
, Re-dun′dan-cy
(-dan-s?)
, } Noun.
[L.
redundantia
: cf. F. redondance
.] 1.
The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
2.
That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.
Labor . . . throws off
redundacies
. Addison.
3.
(Law)
Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.