demurrer

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The man who brings the action demands a trial on the simple fact, the man against whom the action is brought says that a demurrer ought to be added.

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  1. noun One that demurs; an objector.
  2. noun An objection.
  3. noun Law A method of objecting that admits the facts of the opponent's argument but denies that they sustain the pleading based upon them.

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  • The decision upon the demurrer, had produced a violent ferment amongst the people, and equal exultation on the part of the clergy; who attended the court in a large body, either to look down opposition, or to enjoy the final triumph of this hard fought contest, which they now considered as perfectly secure. —  Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
  • The old ladies acquiesced without a single demurrer, as they were all dying to have a talk with the "young doctor," who hitherto, absorbed in his patient, had but little communicativeness. —  The Swamp Doctor's Adventures
  • A demurrer was filed and argued in July, 1840, at the Utica term of the Supreme Court. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Fenimore Cooper by Thomas R. Lounsbury
  • The point of the demurrer was that the action should have been trespass vi et armis . —  Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell
  • By written opinion dated March 13, 2009 Judge Jonathan Thatcher overruled the City's demurrer, and allowed Fairfax County Water Authority's suit against the City to proceed. —  Falls Church News-Press Online
 

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  1. from demur + -er.
  2. from Old French demorer, demurer, infinitive as noun: see demur.
 

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