redundance, redundancy

[Fr. redon dance, from Lat. redundant i a, from redundans = redundant (q. v.).] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity, exce , superabundance. "So wars among mankind are a kind of nece ary consequence of redundance of mankind."-Hale: Origin of Mankind , p. 215. 2. That which is redundant or in exce ; anything superfluous or superabundant. "The Italians are forced upon it, once or twice in every line, because they have a redundancy of vowels in their language."-Dryden: Virgil's Eneid. (Ded.) II. Law : Impertinent or foreign matter inserted in a pleading.