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demurrer
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demurrer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun demurrer has 3 senses
- demurrer(n = noun.communication) demur, demurral - (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings; Array is a kind of objection
- demurrer(n = noun.communication) Array - (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings; Array is a kind of pleading
- demurrer(n = noun.act) defence, defense, denial - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" is a kind of due process, due process of law
Derived forms verb demur1, verb demur2
Derived forms verb demur1, verb demur2
is a part of trial
has particulars: entrapment
OXFORD DICTIONARY
demurrer, n. Law an objection raised or exception taken.
Etymology
AF (infin. as noun), = DEMUR
THESAURUS
demurrer
answer, apostate, argument, beef, bitch, boycott, challenge, complaint, compunction, counterstatement, defense, demonstration, demur, demurral, denial, difficulty, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, exception, expostulation, grievance, grievance committee, howl, indignation meeting, kick, march, nonconformist, nonviolent protest, objection, objector, opinionist, opposition voice, picketing, plea, pleading, pleadings, protest, protest demonstration, protestant, protestation, protester, qualm, question, rally, rebuttal, recusant, refutation, remonstrance, remonstration, reply, response, riposte, schismatic, scruple, sectarian, sectary, separatist, sit-in, special demurrer, special pleading, squawk, statement of defense, strike, teach-inROGET THESAURUS
demurrer
Lawsuit
N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.
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