See also:

• DEMURRER (from Fr. demeurer, to delay, Lat. morari)

DEMURRER (from Fr. demeurer, to delay, See also:

• LAT

Lat. morari)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, an objection taken to the sufficiency, in point of law, of the See also:

• PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

pleading or written statement of the other See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . In See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity pleading a See also:

• DEMURRER (from Fr. demeurer, to delay, Lat. morari)

demurrer See also:

• LAY

lay only against the See also:

• BILL

bill, and not against the See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer; at See also:

• COMMON

common law any See also:

• PART

part of the pleading could be demurred to . On the passing of the Judicature See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1875 the See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure with respect to demurrers in See also:

• CIVIL

civil cases was amended, and, subsequently, by the Rules of the Supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order See also:

• XXV

XXV. demurrers were abolished and a more See also:

• SUMMARY

summary See also:

• PROCESS

process for getting rid of pleadings which showed no reasonable cause of See also:

• ACTION

action or See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence was adopted, called proceedings in lieu of demurrer . Demurrer in criminal cases still exists, but is now seldom resorted to . Demurrers are still in See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant use in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . See ANSWER; PLEADING .