单词 | demurrer |
释义 | demurrern.1 1. a. Law. A pleading which, admitting for the moment the facts as stated in the opponent's pleading, denies that he is legally entitled to relief, and thus stops the action until this point be determined by the court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > demurrer demurrer1547 demura1575 demurring1593 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 7 §1 The Process, Pleas, Demurrers and Continuances in every Action. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xiii. 56 If the question be of the lawe, that is, if both the parties doe agree vpon the fact, and each doe claime that by lawe he ought to haue it..then it is called a demurrer in lawe. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 107 If you demur to the Jurisdiction of this Court, I must let you know that the Court doth over-rule your demurrer. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. vi. 119 By affidavits, motions, pleas, demurrers, flaws and appeals, to protract the question from term to term and from court to court. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) Demurrers are general, without shewing any particular causes; or special, where the causes of demurrer are particularly set down. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) II. x. 230 He pleaded Not Guilty to the first fourteen counts, and put in demurrers to the others. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 299 A Demurrer has been happily explained to be equivalent to the remark ‘Well, what of that?’ b. transferred. An objection raised or exception taken to anything; = demur n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > an objection objectionc1410 objecta1425 challenge1530 quarrel1579 demurrer1598 demurral1808 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F3v Slow-pac'd dilatory pleas, Demure demurrers, still striuing to appease Hote zealous loue. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (ed. 6) ii. 45 This reply is met by the demurrer that it is beside the question. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person demurrer1533 hanger1536 staggerer1552 hobbler1575 tennis ball1589 waverer1597 halter1608 suspender1625 waver1667 fluttererc1726 oscillator1798 pendulum1818 shilly-shallyer1832 shilly-shally1834 wobbler1837 hesitater1853 dilly-dallier1880 vacillator1890 haverer1947 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vii. f. xlvv The mater is at a demurrour in thys poynt, and we at your iugement. 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 42 The greenness of the Disgrace kept him in a long demurrer. 1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 93 Not well discerning whether Griefe, Shame, or Anger, that demurrer caus'd. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > for delay of vessel or railway truck demurrer1622 demurrage1641 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 117 If the Master doe not stay out all his daies of demourer agreed vpon by the charterpartie of fraightment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). demurrern.2 One who demurs. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > one who objects quarrellera1500 objectionist1607 objecter1609 objector1617 discrutatora1627 excepter1639 exceptora1641 exceptioner1641 objectator1656 exceptionist1689 exceptant1697 demurrer1711 objectioner1799 objicient1864 objectant1906 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 89. ¶1 I shall distinguish this Sect of Women by the Title of Demurrers. 1745 E. Young Consolation 68 And is Lorenzo a Demurrer still? 1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 565/1 It is..customary..to hear the demurrer's reasons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.11533n.21711 |
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