āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to demur
01
āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž
to express one's disagreement, refusal, or reluctance
Intransitive: to demur | to demur at sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee member demurred at the proposed budget, expressing concerns about its feasibility.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ, āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž
to raise objections or express doubts about the validity or sufficiency of a legal claim or argument
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The appellate court upheld the lower court's decision after the appellant demurred.
āĻāĻĒāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤā§āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻžāϞ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāϞāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĨ¤
01
āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ
a motion filed in court by a party, typically a defendant, raising a point that even if the facts alleged by the other side are true, they do not state a valid legal claim
Specialized
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court sustained the demur and gave the plaintiff leave to amend the pleadings.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻĒāϤā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
demurrer
demur
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