Dictionary entry

Relevance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Rel″e‐vance (r?l″?‐vans), Rel″e‐van‐cy (–van‐s?), } n. 1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.

Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.

2. (Scots Law) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.