demurrer
1. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him - he gave evidence for the defense • Syn: defense, defence, denial • Ant: prosecution (for: defense) • Derivationally related forms: deny (for: denial) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: due process, due process of law • Hyponyms: entrapment • Part Holonyms: trial 2. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings • Syn: demur, demurral • Derivationally related forms: demur, demur (for: demurral), demur (for: demur) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: objection 3. (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings • Derivationally related forms: demur • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: pleading
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