| a. | 1. | Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. |
| 2. | Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; |
| Adj. | 1. | immaterial - of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" Antonyms: material - directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness" |
| 2. | immaterial - without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" Synonyms: incorporeal | |
| 3. | immaterial - not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" Synonyms: nonmaterial Antonyms: material - derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" | |
| 4. | immaterial - 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" | |
| 5. | immaterial - (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" Synonyms: indifferent |
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.