demurrer   (TTS Sound)

The noun demurrer has 3 senses

• demur, demurral, demurrer -- ((law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings)


• demurrer -- ((law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings)


• defense, defence, denial, demurrer -- (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense")