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Demurrer

noun
1.
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.  Synonyms: demur, demurral.
2.
(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings.
3.
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



... at him and filed no demurrer. "Bad man" was writ on every line of the sullen, dissipated face of the bully. It was a safe bet that he was used to having his own way, or failing that was ready to fight at ...
— A Man Four-Square • William MacLeod Raine


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


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