demurrer

Formerly the pleader had the fear of a demurrer before him.

We have confined the statement to facts admitted by the demurrer.

A motion to dismiss has taken the place of the common law demurrer in most modern civil practice.

Both of Baxter's lawyers were not present in the court room, and the demurrer was submitted without their knowledge.

He had read the demurrer already, and it had been a rare experience for him.

I tried to make a demurrer regarding the word "given," but she overrode me.

In criminal law demurrer is obsolete, although not formally abolished.

The defendants successfully filed a demurrer, getting the suit dismissed 16 months later.

Lawyers informally define a demurrer as a defendant saying, "So what?"

Usually a demurrer attacks a complaint as missing one or more required elements of a claim.

A demurrer to the bill was sustained and the suit was dismissed.

I was prevailed upon to assist in the coronation, despite a small demurrer on my part.

Virginia filed a demurrer, which the trial court sustained.

The court held on demurrer that the statement of claim disclosed no cause of action.

I think it is, and therefore my judgment on the first demurrer is for the plaintiff.

Monarch may hold us up with a Demurrer.

A demurrer to a complaint can terminate a lawsuit.

Most courts require this informal resolution procedure before a party files a demurrer.

Doing so is improper, because a demurrer assumes that all of the complaint's factual claims are true.

The word demur means "to object"; a demurrer is the document that makes the objection.

If the judge "overrules" a demurrer, the court is allowing the claim or case to proceed.

The Court only accepted the case because it arose under demurrer which challenged the legal sufficiency of the government's action.

Or at least a more authoritative demurrer.

But this demurrer is belied by his demand for a law detailing precisely how accountability must work.

The pleading was, however, objectionable on various formal grounds which formed the basis of the special demurrer.