Crossword-Solution: DEMURRER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Demurrer | n. | One who demurs. |
| Demurrer | n. | A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEMURRER | anagram | MURDERER |
We have 11 clues for the answer “DEMURRER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Lawyer's objection | 1 answer |
| Lawyer's plea | 1 answer |
| Legal objection | 1 answer |
| Objection, in a courtroom | 1 answer |
| Seascape detail | 1 answer |
| Legal plea | 4 answers |
| demurral | 49 answers |
| affidavit | 66 answers |
| Objector | 77 answers |
| Petition | 78 answers |
| Objection | 90 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with DEMURRER (5)
Clarkson, /1/ where the defence set up to an action of trespass quare clausum was that the defendant in mowing his own land involuntarily and by mistake mowed down some of the plaintiff's grass, the plaintiff had judgment on demurrer.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb 7, 1858 MY DEAR SIR: Yesterday morning the court overruled the demurrer to Hatches return in the mandamus case.
Injunction proceedings reached the Supreme Court of the United States on a demurrer, and in February, 1908, the court declared that the Sherman Anti-Trust Law forbade interstate boycotts.
These rules exclude in a vast degree the pitiable defects and vices that mark all the unprofessional arguments one ever hears; for on a breach of any one of the said rules the other party can demur; the demurrer is argued before the judges in Banco, and, if successfully, the faulty plaint or faulty plea is dismissed, and often of course the cause won or lost thereby, and the country saved the trouble, and the suitors the expense of trying an issue.
The deeds of the preceding reign had bequeathed a sort of legendary credence to the wildest tales gossip could invent under a demurrer.
Quotes with DEMURRER (1)
Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1970–2016).