Sentences with word «surplusage»

With a connoisseur's acumen, Greenberg developed Bell's famous statement that «significant form» was the most important quality in art and that, as Bell wrote, «the literary and anecdotal content of a work of visual art, however charming and lively it might be, was mere surplusage.»

The presumption against surplusage is just that: a presumption.

Redundancy or surplusage in your legal team is a costly proposition, so it is worth taking time to fully assess your needs and your candidates» abilities.

Applying another well - established principle of statutory interpretation — that «no legislative provision should be interpreted so as to render it mere surplusage» — Bauman C.J.B.C. reasoned that bestiality must be distinct from buggery in that it does not require penetration.

Sometimes it's a surplusage, e.g., «I hereby declare» instead of simply, «I declare.»

With respect to the presumption against surplusage, it is far from clear that reading bestiality to require penetration would render it «mere surplusage.»