demurrer : Idioms & Phrases


Demurrer to evidence

  • an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point.
Webster 1913

General demurrer

  • (Law), a demurrer which objects to a pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without specifying the defects. Abbott.
Webster 1913

Special demurrer

  • (Law), a demurrer for some defect of form in the opposite party pleading, in which the cause of demurrer is particularly stated.
Webster 1913