demurrer
pronunciation
How to pronounce demurrer in British English:
UK [dɪ'mɜ:rə]
How to pronounce demurrer in American English:
US [dɪ'mɜə]
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- Noun:
- (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Word Origin
- demurrer (n.)
- legal pleading, 1530s, from Anglo-French demurrer, Old French demorer "to delay, retard" (see demur).
Example
- 1. Article 22 if demurral is raised against a trademark to which the trademark office has granted initial approval by public announcement , the demurrer shall submit a letter of demurral in duplicate to the trademark office .
- 2. Increase of the rate of ending a case by mediation , adopting procuratorial suggestion on retrial extensively and decrease of civil demurrer 's attraction are main causes of obvious decrease of civil demurrer cases in 2008 .
- 3. Article 18 if the defect investigation result of the manufacturer is not identical with that of the quality technical supervision department at or above the provincial level , the manufacturer may explain the relevant circumstances to the quality technical supervision department at or above the provincial level and present a demurrer .