1. (n.) The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

2. (n.) That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.

3. (n.) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

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