Demurrer

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..... hey are insufficient for the plaintiff to state a claim for relief and for the defendant to frame answer. In most jurisdictions, such a pleading is now termed a motion to dismiss, but demurrer is still used in a few states, including California, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania. (See Pleading (quot.). Cf. Denial (3). "The word 'demurrer,' derived from the Latin demorari, or the French dem .....

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