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demurrer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defence, defense, denial |
| Type of | due process of law, due process |
| Has types | entrapment |
demurrer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pleading |
| Derivation | demur |
Examples of demurrer
demurrer
This can be by way of a demurrer, motion to dismiss, or motion for summary judgment.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Wagner's demurrer left the mayoral race in a state of high confusion.
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Now, however, those who do are likely to meet with a demurrer, even from within the scientific community.
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A demurrer is a pleading filed by a defendant which objects to the legal sufficiency of a complaint.
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Newsweek printed the column without demurrer.
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Frank Vecchione, the lawyer for Webster, did not specifically say yesterday what the grounds for a possible demurrer would be.
From the signonsandiego.com
By the time the newly independent U.S. began shaping its own law, another form of directed verdict, called a demurrer to the evidence, was in vogue.
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- Demur: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- Defense: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
- A demurrer is a pleading in a lawsuit that objects to an earlier pleading filed by an opposing party. The word demur means "to object"; a demurrer is the document that makes the objection. ...
- Someone who demurs or objects; 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 ...
- A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
- A pleading filed by the defendant that the complaint as filed is not sufficient to require an answer.
- Assertion by a defendant that the allegations, even if true, do not legally constitute a cause for action; now called a motion to dismiss.
- This is a motion put to a trial judge after the plaintiff has completed his or her case, in which the defendant, while not objecting to the facts presented, and rather than responding by a full defence, asks the court to reject the petition right then and there because of a lack of basis in law ...
- A motion for dismissal of a case on the grounds that a plaintiff has failed to state a claim for which relief can be granted.
