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Demurrer

//dɪməːɹə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of 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 bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further.

    "In a demurrer filed on 28 February to the Los Angeles county superior court, Franco’s lawyers asked that the lawsuit filed in October by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal be dismissed, saying none of the alleged events detailed had happened, and the statute of limitations had passed for the accusations."

  2. 2
    Someone who demurs.
  3. 3
    a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them wordnet
  4. 4
    (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings wordnet
  5. 5
    (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman demurrer, form of Old French demourer (“to demur”), infinitive used as noun.

Etymology 2

From demur + -er.

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