In pleading. Allegations of matter wholly foreign aud impertinent to the cause. All matter beyond the circumstances necessary to constitute the action. See State v. whitehouse, 95 Me. 179, 49 Atl. 869; Adams v. Capital State Bank, 74 Miss. 307, 20 South. 881; Bradley v. Rey-nolds, 61 Conn. 271, 23 Atl. 928
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
