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DEMURRAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demurral mean?
• DEMURRAL (noun)
The noun DEMURRAL has 1 sense:
1. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Familiarity information: DEMURRAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("demurral" is a kind of...):
objection (the speech act of objecting)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
demur (enter a demurrer)
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