objection to a pleading
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objection — ob·jec·tion n 1: an act or instance of objecting; specif: a statement of opposition to an aspect of a judicial or other legal proceeding file an objection to a proposed bankruptcy plan 2: a reason or argument forming the ground of an objection ◇… … Law dictionary
objection — Synonyms and related words: answer, antipathy, argument, ban, bashfulness, beef, bitch, blackball, blackballing, block, blockade, boggle, boggling, bottleneck, boycott, catch, challenge, combative reaction, complaint, compunction, cordon,… … Moby Thesaurus
pleading — Synonyms and related words: adjuratory, answer, appealing, argument, argumentum, bar, begging, beseeching, case, cons, consideration, counsel, counterstatement, defense, demurrer, denial, elenchus, entreating, exception, ignoratio elenchi,… … Moby Thesaurus
tardy objection — An objection to a pleading delayed in the making until after issues are joined, or after the introduction of evidence, or after judgment. 41 Am J1st Pl § 67 … Ballentine's law dictionary
demurrer — de·mur·rer /di mər ər/ n [Anglo French, from demurrer to file a demurrer, literally, to stay, dwell, delay, from Old French demorer, from Latin demorari to delay]: a plea in response to an allegation (as in a complaint or indictment) that admits… … Law dictionary
general exception — is an objection to a pleading, or any part thereof, for want of substance, while a special exception is an objection to the form in which a cause of action is stated. Exception taken at trial of case in which the exceptor does not specify the… … Black's law dictionary
general exception — is an objection to a pleading, or any part thereof, for want of substance, while a special exception is an objection to the form in which a cause of action is stated. Exception taken at trial of case in which the exceptor does not specify the… … Black's law dictionary
general exception — n. An objection to a pleading for lack of substance. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
demurrer to form — A special objection to a pleading on grounds of form rather than substance. 41 Am J1st Pl § 206. See demurrer … Ballentine's law dictionary
demurrer — An allegation of a defendant, which, admitting the matters of fact alleged by complaint or bill (equity action) to be true, shows that as they are therein set forth they are insufficient for the plaintiff to proceed upon or to oblige the… … Black's law dictionary
