Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that demurs; an objector.
- noun An objection.
- noun Law A response to a pleading that admits the facts alleged but denies that they support a cause of action.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who demurs.
- noun In law, a pleading in effect that, even conceding the facts to be as alleged by the adversary, he is not entitled to the relief he asks.
- noun A demur; an objection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who demurs.
- noun (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
- noun an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
demurs orobjects - noun law A motion by a party to an action, for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
- noun (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- noun a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
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Examples
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Chief Justice Cartter then delivered the opinion of the court, sustaining the demurrer, which is as follows:
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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And. by the court — A demurrer for good caufe would certainly have been an ifluable plea within the meaning of the defendant's undertaking: But as the demurrer is a gene - ral one; and as there does not appear to be any good caufe for demurring, the court ought to intend, that it was a trick t® poftpone the trial of the c? tufe.
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The City filed a motion called a "demurrer," which says, basically, "Judge, even if the plaintiff proved every fact alleged in the complaint, the plaintiff would not be entitled to any relief."
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The City filed a motion called a "demurrer," which says, basically, "Judge, even if the plaintiff proved every fact alleged in the complaint, the plaintiff would not be entitled to any relief."
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I remember that the judge asked me to tell him first what a "demurrer" was.
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He also teaches Catholics how to contest the right of heretics to appeal to Scripture at all (by a kind of demurrer), before arguing with them on single points of Scriptural doctrine.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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This was by filing a paper called a "demurrer," in which the particular objections were set out, unless, as was frequently the case, they were so fundamental as to be apparent at the first glance.
The American Judiciary Simeon E. Baldwin 1883
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After TCW's Dec. 1 lawsuit, the DoubleLine trustees filed an objection called a "demurrer," seeking a dismissal of the entire lawsuit against the DoubleLine Funds
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