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Demurrer

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-001119

A legal pleading in a lawsuit that admits the facts as stated by the opposing party but argues that those facts are insufficient to establish a legal claim or defense. In essence, it challenges the legal sufficiency of the complaint or answer. If a demurrer is sustained, the case or a portion of it may be dismissed.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-001119
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-001119",
  "term": "Demurrer",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A legal pleading in a lawsuit that admits the facts as stated by the opposing party but argues that those facts are insufficient to establish a legal claim or defense. In essence, it challenges the legal sufficiency of the complaint or answer. If a demurrer is sustained, the case or a portion of it may be dismissed.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/demurrer/"
}

Record 928 of 3,682 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.