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I actually had a little debate about this in law school. "Relevancy," in Black's Law Dictionary (4th edition --old!), is the term under which concepts of evidentiary relevance are discussed. My layman's dictionary, some sort of Webster's, lists "relevancy" and cross-references to "relevance."
In the legal profession, at least, it may be a question of personal preference. My personal preference is to speak like the rest of the public does and use "relevance."
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted relevance or relevancy? unicorn 05/08/00 11:41 AM Re: relevance or relevancy? GZini 05/09/00 01:06 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? jmh 05/09/00 08:26 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? Jackie 05/10/00 11:58 AM Re: relevance or relevancy? shanks 05/11/00 04:04 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? jmh 05/11/00 06:37 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? tsuwm 05/11/00 07:21 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? shanks 05/12/00 07:46 AM Re: oops jmh 05/12/00 09:18 AM Re: relevance or relevancy? Jackie 05/12/00 11:34 AM
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