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Re:Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats' by tzs on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:38PM (#21458584)
> In 2015, a judge ruled that the allegations made by Ms Giuffre regarding Prince Andrew were "immaterial and impertinent" and ordered them to be removed from a claim against Epstein.

I'm not up on British legal terminology. What does it mean when a court finds an allegation "impertinent"? I know what the word "impertinent" means in ordinary English, but if it was just that it seems an odd thing for a court to declare when dismissing something. I'd expect them to just say it was immaterial and leave it at that. So I'm guessing "impertinent" has some specific legal meaning in their system?

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats' by likpok on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:40PM (#21464882)
There's a bunch of "words" in the english legal system that are like that: a pair of words (with one frequently sourced from french). There's a list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_doublet

"immaterial and impertinent" isn't referenced on that list, but shows up in a list of reasons to dismiss. https://www.upcounsel.com/legal-def-averment suggests that they were once different, but are now the same.

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats' by jamie_ca on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @09:05PM (#21459025)
impertinent, definition 2 (formal): not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant

So yeah, judge is just saying the same thing twice for emphasis.

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