"Demurring" is a word in ENGLISH

(Lat That the bill be quashed.) In practlce. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in …

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

To linger; to stay; to tarry.

To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.

To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put …

To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

To cause delay to; to put off.

To present a demurrer; to take an exception to the sufficiency in point of law of a pleading or state …

Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.

To look demurely.

Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.

The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.

Demureness; also, one who is demure.

That may be demurred to.

Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

of Demur

One who demurs.

In pleading. The form-al mode of disputing the sufficiency in law of the pleadlng of the other slde. In effect …