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Demurrer

nounid 42787·updated May 18, 2026
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(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

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Variants

synonym
demurdemurraldenial
plural
Demurrers
possessive
Demurrer's
pluralpossessive
Demurrers'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
§2
(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
§3
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

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