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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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.

Demurrable. A pleading, petition, or the iike, is said to be demurrable when it does not state such facts as support the claim, prayer, or defense put forward. 5 Ch. Div. 979.

Demurrant. One who demurs ; the party who, in pleading, interposes a demurrer.