I. -ˈmər.ə(r), -mə.rə(r) also -mə̄rə(r noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French demorer to delay, linger, wait — more at demur
1. : a pleading by a party to a legal action that assumes the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party and sets up that it is insufficient in law to sustain his claim or that there is some other defect on the face of the pleadings constituting a legal reason why the opposing party should not be allowed to proceed further
2. : an objection or exception : demur 2
the only demurrer one might register … would be in relation to the dangerous generalizations of the author's last chapter — J.J.Sweeney
II. -ˈmər.ə(r) also -mə̄rə(r noun
( -s )
Etymology: demur (I) + -er
: one that demurs