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Demurrer

noun

(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings. Synonyms: demur, demurral.

(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings.

A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him. Synonyms: defence, defense, denial.

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"Demurrer" Quotes from Famous Books

... the said Walton in manner and form as the said Walton against him declared. Whereby the said Walton perceived that upon the said plea and tender his said action should be dissolved; demurred in law upon the same plea, which demurrer, what for lack that the Recorder of the said City and other Councillors can have no convenient time to argue the said matter, and also for lack that the counsel for the said Walton was not ready when the said matter of law should be argued, the said matter as ...

— Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse • Various

Words linked to "Demurrer" : demurral, demur, due process of law, prosecution, trial, due process, jurisprudence, defence, law, pleading, objection, entrapment