demurrer
英 [dɪ'mɜːrə]
美[dɪ'mʌrɚ]
- n. 异议；抗辩；妨诉抗辩
英英释义
- 1. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- 2. (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
- 3. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
- "he gave evidence for the defense"
英文词源
- demurrer (n.)
- legal pleading, 1530s, from Anglo-French demurrer, Old French demorer "to delay, retard" (see demur).