demurrer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: de=mur=rer

OXFORD DICTIONARY

demurrer, n. Law an objection raised or exception taken.

Etymology

AF (infin. as noun), = DEMUR

THESAURUS

demurrer

answer, apostate, argument, beef, bitch, boycott, challenge, complaint, compunction, counterstatement, defense, demonstration, demur, demurral, denial, difficulty, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, exception, expostulation, grievance, grievance committee, howl, indignation meeting, kick, march, nonconformist, nonviolent protest, objection, objector, opinionist, opposition voice, picketing, plea, pleading, pleadings, protest, protest demonstration, protestant, protestation, protester, qualm, question, rally, rebuttal, recusant, refutation, remonstrance, remonstration, reply, response, riposte, schismatic, scruple, sectarian, sectary, separatist, sit-in, special demurrer, special pleading, squawk, statement of defense, strike, teach-in

ROGET THESAURUS

demurrer

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.