"demurrer" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "demurrer"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman demurrer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "demourer",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to demur"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French demourer (“to demur”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman demurrer, form of Old French demourer (“to demur”), infinitive used as noun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demurrers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demurrer (plural demurrers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "demurrer to evidence"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 March 3, Andrew Pulver, The Guardian",
          "text": "In a demurrer filed on 28 February to the Los Angeles county superior court, Franco’s lawyers asked that the lawsuit filed in October by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal be dismissed, saying none of the alleged events detailed had happened, and the statute of limitations had passed for the accusations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A motion by a party to an action, for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further."
      ],
      "id": "en-demurrer-en-noun-OmzvBbMt",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A motion by a party to an action, for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmʌɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-demurrer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demurrer"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demur",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "demur + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From demur + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demurrers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demurrer (plural demurrers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who demurs."
      ],
      "id": "en-demurrer-en-noun-6aGxMqQ0",
      "links": [
        [
          "demur",
          "demur"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪməːɹə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demurrer"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "demurrer to evidence"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "demurrer"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman demurrer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "demourer",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to demur"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French demourer (“to demur”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman demurrer, form of Old French demourer (“to demur”), infinitive used as noun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demurrers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demurrer (plural demurrers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 March 3, Andrew Pulver, The Guardian",
          "text": "In a demurrer filed on 28 February to the Los Angeles county superior court, Franco’s lawyers asked that the lawsuit filed in October by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal be dismissed, saying none of the alleged events detailed had happened, and the statute of limitations had passed for the accusations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A motion by a party to an action, for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A motion by a party to an action, for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmʌɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-demurrer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-demurrer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demurrer"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demur",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "demur + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From demur + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demurrers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demurrer (plural demurrers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who demurs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demur",
          "demur"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪməːɹə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demurrer"
}