surplusage

1. (now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.Examples: "If then thee list my offred grace to vse, / Take what thou please of all this surplusage; / If thee list not, leaue haue thou to refuse […]"; "A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature."archaiccountableuncountable

2. (law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.countableuncountable

3. (finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.Examples: "1802–1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature one third-part of the surplusage of the estate of any person dying intetate, hall be distributed to his widow,and the reidue amongt his children by equal portions"countableuncountable