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demurrer
noun as in contention
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The judges, however allowed the demurrer; and then the court adjourned without swearing the jury.
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It first demurred to the charge brought, and in April, 1912, the demurrer was sustained.
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The point of the demurrer was that the action should have been trespass vi et armis.
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When I had finished reading them he promptly, and without hearing the other party, overruled both protest and demurrer.
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At the appointed time I appeared and filed a written protest and demurrer to his jurisdiction.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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