Joinder In Demurrer
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The formal answer made to a demurrer at common law.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
When a defendant in an action tenders an issue of law, (called a "demurrer,") the plaintiff, if he means to maintain his action, must accept it, and this acceptance of the defendant's tender, signified by the plaintiff in a set form of words, is calied a "joinder in demurrer." Brown.
Defined under Joinder in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
When a defendant in an action tenders an issue of law, (called a “demurrer,”) the plaintiff, if he means to maintain his action, must accept it, and this acceptance of the defendant’s tender, signified by the plaintiff inaset form of words, is called a “joinder in demurrer.” Brown,
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
When a demurrer is offered by one party, the adverse party joins with him in demurrer, and the answer which he makes is called a joinder in demurrer. Co. Litt. 71, b.