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Simple English definitions for legal terms

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A quick definition of irrelevant:

Irrelevant means something that doesn't have anything to do with what's being talked about or decided. In court, evidence can be called irrelevant if it doesn't help prove or disprove what's being argued. For example, if someone was hurt in a car accident, it doesn't prove that someone else was hurt in the same accident. Rules exist to decide if evidence is relevant or not. Lawyers can ask for irrelevant evidence to be removed from the case, and they can object if it's brought up during the trial. If they don't object, they might not be able to later.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Irrelevant refers to evidence that does not relate to or affect the matter in controversy in civil and criminal litigation. Evidence is considered irrelevant if it does not have any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence, and the fact is not of consequence in determining the action.

  • In a car accident case, evidence of a person being injured in a different accident is irrelevant in proving that the plaintiff was injured in the same accident.
  • In a murder trial, evidence of the defendant's financial status is irrelevant to the question of whether they committed the crime.

These examples illustrate that evidence must be directly related to the matter in controversy to be considered relevant. Evidence that does not have any bearing on the facts of the case or the issues being decided is considered irrelevant and may be excluded from consideration.

Attorneys can object to irrelevant evidence at trial, and judges may strike irrelevant material at the pleading stage. It is important to object to irrelevant evidence in a timely manner, as failure to do so could result in the evidence being admitted for consideration by the judge or jury, and could waive the ability to object on appeal.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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