demurrer to complaint

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• demurrer — de·mur·rer /di mər ər/ n [Anglo French, from demurrer to file a demurrer, literally, to stay, dwell, delay, from Old French demorer, from Latin demorari to delay]: a plea in response to an allegation (as in a complaint or indictment) that admits… …   Law dictionary

• Demurrer — Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction Personal jurisdiction Removal jurisdiction Venue Change of venue …   Wikipedia

• demurrer — An allegation of a defendant, which, admitting the matters of fact alleged by complaint or bill (equity action) to be true, shows that as they are therein set forth they are insufficient for the plaintiff to proceed upon or to oblige the… …   Black's law dictionary

• demurrer — An allegation of a defendant, which, admitting the matters of fact alleged by complaint or bill (equity action) to be true, shows that as they are therein set forth they are insufficient for the plaintiff to proceed upon or to oblige the… …   Black's law dictionary

• Complaint — This article is about the legal usage. For complaints in other contexts, see complaint (disambiguation). Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction… …   Wikipedia

• demurrer ore tenus — A demurrer made orally at the time of argument in support of a demurrer of record, pointing out the defect in the pleading to which it is addressed. Wetherell v Eberle, 123 Ill 666, 14 NE 675. A demurrer in the form of an objection to evidence on …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• demurrer — Synonyms and related words: answer, apostate, argument, beef, bitch, boycott, challenge, complaint, compunction, counterstatement, defense, demonstration, demur, demurral, denial, difficulty, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, exception,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• complaint — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, accusal, accusation, accusing, acute disease, affection, affidavit, affliction, ailment, allegation, allegement, allergic disease, allergy, arraignment, atrophy, bacterial disease, ban, beef, beefing,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• demurrer — I de•mur•rer [[t]dɪˈmɜr ər[/t]] n. a person who demurs; objector II de•mur•rer [[t]dɪˈmɜr ər[/t]] n. 1) law a pleading in response to another s complaint asserting that the complaint contains no cause for action 2) an objection raised; demur •… …   From formal English to slang

• speaking demurrer — An attempt to introduce new evidence during a hearing on a demurrer. Because a demurrer is an argument that assumes all of the facts in the challenged pleading are correct, evidence outside of the pleading may not be considered, and speaking… …   Law dictionary

• cross-complaint — Sometimes called a cross claim, legal paperwork that a defendant files to initiate his or her own lawsuit against the original plaintiff, a codefendant, or someone who is not yet a party to the lawsuit. A cross complaint must concern the same… …   Law dictionary