Demurrers [noun]

The judges, however allowed the demurrer; and then the court adjourned without swearing the jury.

It first demurred to the charge brought, and in April, 1912, the demurrer was sustained.

The point of the demurrer was that the action should have been trespass vi et armis.

When I had finished reading them he promptly, and without hearing the other party, overruled both protest and demurrer.

At the appointed time I appeared and filed a written protest and demurrer to his jurisdiction.

Dorothy was very anxious, of course, that this young girl should be invited; but Iris put in a demurrer at once.

A general demurrer by his friends and a special demurrer by his relatives were entered against his acceptance.

He brought his action for trespass, which the law officers met by a demurrer.

And to this procedure, which Bulgaria ostentatiously demanded, Serbia entered a firm demurrer in which she was joined by Greece.

The case was tried upon demurrer to this answer, and upon appeal to the supreme court of Iowa the will was sustained.