Noun: demurrer di'mur-u(r)
- (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
"The defence attorney filed a demurrer challenging the validity of the charges"
- (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
"The defence attorney filed a demurrer to the prosecution's charges";
- demur, demurral
- (law) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
"The lawyer filed a demurrer to challenge the lawsuit";
- defense [US], defence [Brit, Cdn], denial
Derived forms: demurrers
Type of: beef [informal], bitch [informal], due process, due process of law, gripe [informal], kick [informal], objection, pleading, squawk [informal]
Part of: trial
Encyclopedia: Demurrer