Wednesday's term was demurrer, which is defined as. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
I remember that the judge asked me to tell him first what a "demurrer" was. From Wordnik.com. [Finding a way out : an autobiography,] Reference
After TCW's Dec. 1 lawsuit, the DoubleLine trustees filed an objection called a "demurrer," seeking a dismissal of the entire lawsuit against the DoubleLine Funds. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
The question is -- "Shall the demurrer be allowed or not?". From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
And then we need to set this for a hearing on the demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2001] Reference
Defendant appealed, stating trial court error in denying demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Rings as Property Law : Law is Cool] Reference
And the hearing on the demurrer you're asking for on the same date. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2001] Reference
To this plea there was a demurrer in the usual form, which was argued in. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
To this plea the plaintiff demurred, and the defendant joined in demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Some causes of action may be defeated by a demurrer while others may survive. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
April, 1854, when the court gave judgment that the demurrer should be sustained. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
As such, we find that the trial court erred by denying Appellantâs demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Rings as Property Law : Law is Cool] Reference
I was prevailed upon to assist in the coronation, despite a small demurrer on my part. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns of Avalon]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And the demurrer was not filed but was received by the court on the 23rd. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2001] Reference
Without such a demurrer, all integrity leaves criticism, and one is merely producing propaganda. From Wordnik.com. [cowards] Reference
If after amendment the complaint is still not legally good, a demurrer will be granted sustained. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
Some states have substituted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action for the demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
"Now, Mrs Cloonan, don't fuss!" she had remonstrated good-humouredly in response to the housekeeper's mild demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
A hearing before a judge on the law and motion calendar will then be held to determine the validity of the demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
BOOKMAN: I do have one comment as to the count two, your honor, which is the new count that we have filed a demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2001] Reference
An amendment to the complaint cannot always overcome a demurrer, as in a case filed after the time allowed by law to bring a suit. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
And not to keep urging sobriety on a moody Algerian chef because eventually he would enter his demurrer with a carving knife in hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
A demurrer has been termed an issue in law -- the question to be determined being, what construction the law puts upon admitted facts. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
With this demurrer, we will apply ourselves for a moment to Mr. Stoddard's last collection, which of course we relish as much as anybody. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Goodwin may be persuaded to withdraw this demurrer, or if not, that he will be overruled in it before the judgment-seat of all unprejudiced men. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
Neither do I understand the meaning of that phrase, “Never come to be called,” used by him who maintains all to be called; but this is but a demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
While Petit – Claud was busy securing the household property of his clients, he gained the day at Poitiers on the point of law on which the demurrer and appeals were based. From Wordnik.com. [Eve and David] Reference
To these pleas a general demurrer was interposed and argued. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
That is to say, it is a case that ought to be beaten on demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews] Reference
With the latest demurrer request denied, the case will move to trial. From Wordnik.com. [BN - Broadcast Newsroom-news] Reference
He brought his action for trespass, which the law officers met by a demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tasmania, Volume I] Reference
But she made no actual effort to move and her husband raised a smiling demurrer to the suggestion. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of Weakness] Reference
And he is about to annex other qualities in turn to this core of subjectivity, when Hylas enters a general demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [The Approach to Philosophy] Reference
The deeds of the preceding reign had bequeathed a sort of legendary credence to the wildest tales gossip could invent under a demurrer. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete] Reference
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