demur
de
dÉĒ
di
mur
ˈmɜr
mēr
/dÉĒmˈɜː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "demur"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to express one's disagreement, refusal, or reluctance
Intransitive: to demur | to demur at sth
to demur definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee member demurred at the proposed budget, expressing concerns about its feasibility.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to raise objections or express doubts about the validity or sufficiency of a legal claim or argument
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The appellate court upheld the lower court's decision after the appellant demurred.
āφāĻĒāĻŋāϞ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻžāϞ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇ āφāĻĒāĻŋāϞāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĨ¤
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āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court sustained the demur and gave the plaintiff leave to amend the pleadings.
āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

demurrer
demur
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ