demurrer

• 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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