demurrer
Pleading without disputing
A demurrer is a legal objection that says "even if everything you claim is true, it's not enough to win." It doesn't dispute the facts—it argues the law doesn't support the opponent's case: The defense filed a demurrer, arguing the complaint failed to state a valid claim.
Outside law, demurrer occasionally means any formal objection or expression of doubt.
Urgent heartfelt request
- motionChange in position
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- defenseProtection against harm
- complaintExpression of discontent
answer · hearing · litigation · court · judge · overruled · sustained · trial
Test of ability
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- refutationDisproving a statement
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
denial · opposition · disagreement · contestation · protest · dissent · exception · response
Disinclination to act
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- qualmsMoral reservations or unease
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
wariness · equivocation · vacillation · pause · scruple · unwillingness · reticence · diffidence
pleading
Urgent heartfelt request
complaint · answer · hearing · litigation · court · judge · overruled · sustained · trial · appeal
challenge
Test of ability
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- refutationDisproving a statement
dispute · denial · opposition · disagreement · contestation · protest · dissent · exception · response · rejoinder
reluctance
Disinclination to act
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- qualmsMoral reservations or unease
misgivings · wariness · equivocation · vacillation · pause · scruple · unwillingness · reticence · diffidence · compunction
- objectionsobjection, complaint, protest, refutation, counterpoint
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- court filingscomplaint, motion to dismiss, counterclaim, pleading, cross-claim
- legal defensesself-defense, alibi, affirmative defense, insanity defense, insanity
- pleadingsplea, answer, complaint, replication, rejoinder
- pretrial litigationmotion to dismiss, interrogatories, propounding, responses, protective order
demurreradmission
Entry or confession
stipulation · concession · consent decree · acknowledgment · guilty plea
demurreracquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
assent · acceptance · agreement · affirmation · consent