demur
31demur — v 1. object, take exception, be unwilling, dissent, disapprove; protest, remonstrate, expostulate, wrangle, dispute, contest. 2. hesitate, scruple, boggle, cavil, hang back, doubt; waver, waffle, fudge, dodge, duck; hold fire, shrink from, shy at …
32demur — de·mur …
33demur — de•mur [[t]dɪˈmɜr[/t]] v. murred, mur•ring, n. 1) to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object 2) law Law. to respond with a demurrer 3) archaic to linger; hesitate 4) the act of making objection 5) an objection… …
34demur — /dəˈmɜ / (say duh mer) verb (i) (demurred, demurring) 1. to make objection; take exception; object. 2. Law to interpose a demurrer. 3. Obsolete to linger; hesitate. –noun 4. the act of making objection. 5. an objection raised. 6. Law Obsolete a… …
35demur — /damar/ To present a demurrer; to take an exception to the sufficiency in point of law of a pleading or state of facts alleged. See demurrer …
36demur — /damar/ To present a demurrer; to take an exception to the sufficiency in point of law of a pleading or state of facts alleged. See demurrer …
37demur — To interpose a demurrer; to hesitate; to object …
38parol demur — See demurrer ore tenus; the parol demur …
39parol may demur — See the parol demur …
40the parol demur — An old common law expression for a stay to await the expiration of time removing the disability of a party. When the heir was sued upon a specialty obligation of the ancestor chargeable on the inheritance, if he was an infant he might pray that… …
