demurrer


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demurrer /dɪˈməːrə/
noun Law, dated an objection granting the factual basis of an opponent's point but dismissing it as irrelevant or invalid.

formal an objection.

– origin C16: from Anglo-Norman Fr. (infin. used as n.), from OFr. demourer (see demur).
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