10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMURRABLE»
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Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
not demurrable? Iam clearly of opinion that it is. lt is 1831most defectively drawn,
and so vague, that it is diflicult to Damien decide, whether the draftsman
expected by the force of his Kelm bond alone, to attack the deed to the children,
set it ...
Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, 1833
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence
... profits of the joint concern, is not demurrable, on the ground that persons to
whom the defendants assigned the concern in trust, without the plaintiff's
knowledge, are not made parties. Mare v. Malachy 1/9 JUDGMENT. 1. A
defendant having ...
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Commentaries on Equity Pleadings: And the Incidents Thereto, ...
... after the discovery, being properly to be given at law ; and by praying relief, as
well as discovery, his whole Bill would be demurrable.1 § 477. So (as we have
already seen) where a Bill, seeking a discovery of deeds or writings, prays relief,
...
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Wisconsin Statutes, 1929
Bischoff v. Hustisford State Bank, 195 Wis. 312, 218 N. W. 353. Nonjoinable
causes of action cannot be united in complaint, either in separate or in single
count; such complaint being demurrable. Ernest v. Schmidt, 198 Wis. 000, 223
N. W. 559 ...
Wisconsin, Eugene Edward Brossard, 1929
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An Index to All the Reported Cases, Statutes and General ...
If in a bill for discovery in aid of the defence to an “tion, a plaintiff who is not a
party to the record at law be joined with co-plaintifis, the defendants in the action,
the bill is demurrable. Certain bills of exchange, the second parts of which were ...
6
A Dictionary of American and English Law: With Definitions ...
IV., c. 47, I 10. Archb. Pr. 1013 ; Dam Ch. Pr. 149. DEMURRABLE.— A pleading,
petition, or the like, is said to be demurrable when it does not state such facts as
support the claim, prayer, or defence put forward. JEx parte Coates, 5 Ch. D. 979.
Stewart Rapalje, Robert L. Lawrence, 1888
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
Demure is the adjective meaning (1) "sober, grave, serious"; or (2) "coy in an
affected way." demurrable = that may be demurred to. Lawyers have traditionally
spoken of demurrable allegations, demurrable indictments, and the like — e.g.: ...
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New Reports of Cases Heard in the House of Lords: On Appeals ...
As to its being demurrable, we have nothing to do with that. If it was demurrable,
and not demurred to, the Defendants have, fortunately for justice, lost the
opportunity to take advantage of that slip. But the new assignment does state, that
it was ...
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The law of proof in early modern equity
In 1469 the bill is said not to be demurrable for uncertainty because "il nest
forsque petition"38, which assumes that english bill procedure is a variant of the
summary procedure, as was suggested in Chapter 1 ; but the amendment rules, ...
Michael Richard Trench Macnair, 2013
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A Practical Treatise on Pleading and on the Parties to ...
2 Saund. be demurrable. Pugh v. Robinson, 1 7. n. 4. seems sufiicient. The liabi-
T. R. 116- Dickinson v. Pluisted, 7 lily of the devisce depends on statute T. R. 47¢.
flute, 1. n. (G). 3 \'V. 8: M. c. 14-. see the c0nslruc~ (e) The venue is transitory.
Joseph Chitty, Thomas Day, Samuel Hanson, 1812
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMURRABLE»
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demurrable is used in the context of the following news items.
High Court strikes out barrister's claim for compensation from BSB
... rights claim, saying any assertion “that the [BSB] is habitually or systematically unfair to black barristers” was a “demurrable” allegation. «Legal Futures, May 14»
Hong Kong: the need to get winding up petitions right
... petition to demonstrate a connection between the company and Hong Kong, it followed that the petition is demurrable and liable to be struck ... «Lexology, Oct 13»
