Demurrer

Definitions: Demurrer

Demurrer

Noun

1. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.

2. (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings.

3. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense".

Date "demurrer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references)

Synonyms: Demurrer

Synonyms: defence (n), defense (n), demur (n), demurral (n), denial (n). (additional references)

Antonym: prosecution (n). (additional references)

In common law civil procedure, a demurrer is a pleading by the defendant that contests the legal sufficiency of the complaint.

In U.S federal court practice under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the demurrer has been replaced by the motion to dismiss. The same is also true in most U.S. state court systems. Demurrers are still used in California state court civil practice. The term preliminary objection is used for a similar procedural device in Pennsylvania state court.

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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Lawsuit	Pleadings; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter, surrejoinder.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Demurrer

English words defined with "demurrer": demur, Demurrer to evidence ♦ General demurrer ♦ plea ♦ Special demurrer. (references)

Etymologies containing "demurrer": Prescriptive. (references)

"Demurrer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Demurrer" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	16	87,710

Expressions using "demurrer": Demurrer to evidence ♦ General demurrer ♦ special demurrer. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "demurrer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling). (various references)

Arabic		‏المعترض (objecting). (various references)

Bulgarian		възражение (answer, caveat, demur, deprecation, exception, expostulation, objection, protest, protestation, question, rejoinder, remonstrance, reply, reservation). (various references)

Dutch		incidenteel vonnis (decision as to the admissibility of a demurrer, interlocutory judgement, interlocutory order). (various references)

Farsi		معترض (Demonstrator), تقاضای تاخیردرصدورحکم . (various references)

Finnish		päätös prosessiväitteen johdosta (decision as to the admissibility of a demurrer). (various references)

French		exception péremptoire. (various references)

German		Rechtseinwand. (various references)

Greek		αντιτείνων, αντίρρηση (demur, objection, objection to). (various references)

Hebrew		�"סתי�'ות (exception, qualification, qualifications, reservation, saving). (various references)

Hungarian		habozó (faltering, hesitant, hesitating, hesitative, indecisive, infirm, shilly-shally, to blow hot a cold, uncertain, waverer). (various references)

Indonesian		protes, penangkisan (rebuttal), eksepsi (exception). (various references)

Pig Latin		emurrerday

Portuguese		despacho ou sentença que conhece uma excepção dilatória ou peremptória (decision as to the admissibility of a demurrer). (various references)

Russian		тот, кто колеблется, возражение (answer, back talk, come back, demur, demurral, deprecation, exception, objection, rejoinder, remonstrance, retort, return), процессуальный отвод (estoppel). (various references)

Swedish		formell invändning. (various references)

Turkish		davaya itiraz, itirazcı (caviler, caviller, deprecator, objector, protester, remonstrant). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "demurrer": demurrers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Demurrer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: demarrer, demerarae, demurge, Desmarere. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "demurrer" (pronounced 'De*mur"rer'): Abhorrer, Conferrer, Deferrer, Forespurrer, Interrer, Laurer, Marrer, Precurrer, Preferrer, Referrer, Schnorrer, Spurrer, stirrer, transferrer. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: murderer.
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-m-r-r-r-u"
	-1 letter: demurer.
	-2 letters: demure, murder.
	-3 letters: demur, erred, merde, merer, mured, murre, ruder.
	-4 letters: deem, deer, deme, dere, derm, dree, drum, dure, durr, emeu, meed, mere, mure, murr, rede, reed, rude, rued, ruer.
	-5 letters: dee, due, eme, emu, ere, err, med, mud, red, ree, rem, rue, rum, urd.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-m-r-r-r-u"
	+1 letter: demurrers, murderers.
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