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" DEMUR'RER, in law, a pause or stop put to any action upon some point of difficulty which must be determined by the court before any further proceedings can be had in the suit. "
A pocket encyclopædia, or library of general knowledge - Page 137
by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811
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The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 2

William Nicholson - 1809 - 726 pages
...ready for sailin*;. DEMURRER, is a kind of pause or stop put to the proceeding of an action upon a point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court before any farther proceedings can be had therein. He that demurs in lave confesses the facts to be true, as stated by the opposite party;...
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Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 2

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pages
...DEMURRER, in law, a stop put to- any action upon : some point of difficulty, which must be determined !>y the court, before any farther proceedings can be bad...plea, otherwise than by demurrer, when the matter comesjudicially before them. In pleadings, if a matter is insufficiently alleged, that the court cannot...
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A Compendious Law Dictionary: Containing Both an Explanation of the Terms ...

Thomas Potts - 1815 - 836 pages
...Lords, Nov. 10, 1796. DEMUKRER, is a kind of pause or stop, put to the proceeding« of an action upon a point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court, before any farther proceedings cajj be had therein. • He that demurs io law, confesses the facts to be true, as stated by the opposite...
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A Law Grammar, Or: Rudiments of the Law : Compiled from the Grounds ...

Giles Jacob - 1817 - 278 pages
...Demurrer, is a term from the French and Latin, signifying a delay or stop put to any action, upon some point of difficulty, .which must be determined by the court, before any further proceedings can be had in the suit: and-a demurrer is said to be an issue joined on matter...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 4

William Nicholson - 1819 - 424 pages
...and ready for sailing. DEMURRER, is a kind of pause or stop put to the proceeding of an action upon u point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court before any farther proceedings can be had therein. He that demurs in law confesses thr facts to be true, as stated by the opposite party...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 7

1823 - 896 pages
...than the time first appointed for his departure. DEMURRER, in Law, a stop put to any action upon some point of difficulty which must be determined by the court, before any further proceedings can be had in the suit. DEN, a syllable which, aiWed to the names of places, shows...
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The practice of courts-martial, also the legal exposition and military ...

William Hough - 1825 - 1028 pages
...infamous," &c. See act. 26, sec. xiv., Arts, of War. (139) " A pause or stop, put to any action upon a point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court, before any further proceedings can be had thrreiu : for in every action the point of controversy consists either...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 4

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 648 pages
...it ought to be so expressed. DEMURRER ; a pause or stop put to the proceedings of an action upon a point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court before any further proceedings can be had therein. He that demurs in law confesses the facts to be true, as stated...
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The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ...

John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pages
...the charter party. DEMURRER. Is a kind of pause or stop put to the proceeding of an action u|>ou a point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court before any farther proceedings con be had therein. DENOMINATOR. The parts into which the whole is divided, the number of which is...
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The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: On the rise and progress of literature ...

Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 510 pages
...it ought to be so expressed. DEMURRER ; a pause or stop put to the proceedings of an action upon a point of difficulty, which must be determined by the court before any further proceedings can be had therein. He that demurs in law confesses the facts to be tnie, as stated...
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