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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
immaterial
    adj 1: of no importance or relevance especially to a law case;
           "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" [ant:
           material]
    2: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
       [syn: incorporeal, immaterial] [ant: corporeal,
       material]
    3: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts
       and other immaterial entities" [syn: immaterial,
       nonmaterial] [ant: material]
    4: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue
       extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial";
       "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to
       the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent,
       orthogonal]
    5: (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering
       one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is
       a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what
       others think is altogether indifferent to him" [syn:
       immaterial, indifferent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Immaterial \Im`ma*te"ri*al\ ([i^]m`m[.a]*t[=e]"r[i^]*al), a.
   [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immat['e]riel.]
   1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual;
      disembodied.
      [1913 Webster]

            Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual.
                                                  --Hooker.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or
      significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial
      whether he does so or not.

   Syn: Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant;
        inconsiderable; trifling.
        [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
IMMATERIAL. What is not essential; unimportant what is not requisite; what 
is informal; as, an immaterial averment, an immaterial issue. 
     2. When a witness deposes to something immaterial, which is false, 
although he is guilty of perjury in foro conscientiae, he cannot be punished 
for perjury. 2 Russ. on Cr. 521; 1 Hawk. b. 1, c. 69, s. 8; Bac. Ab. 
Perjury, A. 



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