VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / demurral

Thesaurus: demurral

Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

demurdefinitionactingdefinitiondecidingdefinitiondelaydefinitionassistingdefinitionbritishdefinitioncausesdefinitionexisteddefinitionexpulsiondefinitionformaldefinitionfrenchdefinitionlawdefinitionobjectiondefinitionpleadingsdefinitionpreventeddefinitionRomedefinitionsoutheydefinitiontroopsdefinitiondemurefamilydemurelyfamilydemurenessfamilydemurityfamilydemurrablefamilydemurragefamilydemurredfamilydemurrerfamilydemurringfamilydemursfamily

Definitions

  1. n. Demur; delay in acting or deciding.
  2. n. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
  3. Demur; delay in acting or deciding. The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.
  4. Demur; delay in acting or deciding.The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troopsfrom assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.
  5. n (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings