Demurrer
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
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Senses
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
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(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- demurdemurraldenial
- plural
- Demurrers
- possessive
- Demurrer's
- pluralpossessive
- Demurrers'