Demur

S/Sgt Demur Edwards, right waist gunner (KIA 5-19-44)

The Berlin Bombing Mission Flown by The 8th Air Force on April 29, 1944 2000

Demur is a legal term that means that I would like to review the charges that are filed against my client to see whether or not accepting them on their face they have stated a cause of action.

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He was fain, however, to make some Demur, and to Complain, in his usual piteous manner, of being so amerced.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

Demur, and in brisk delight he snatched the venerable charmer from your hands; accede, and he became the picture of despair, -- nor unfrequently, at the dead of night, would he knock at your door, and entreat you to sell him back, at your own terms, what you had so egregiously bought at his.

Zanoni Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

In future to prevent a repetition and altercation I shall advise; but as, even then, some Demur may take place, I wish to be informed, if the equitable Court of Chancery, whose paternal care of their Ward can never be sufficiently commended, have determined, in the great Flow of parental Affection, to withhold their beneficent Support, till I return to "Alma Mater" (i.e.)

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

The perplexity the Count was in, in what Manner he should reply, depriv'd him, for some Moments, of the Power of doing it; which Hesitation inflaming the arbitrary Nature of the passionate Marquis: And is the Command I give you (said he,) such as can possibly occasion a Demur, whether you should obey, or not? —

The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress 1725

Beyne-Rauzy O, Demur C, Chicanne G, Dos SC, et al. (2005) Antileukemic activity of rapamycin in acute myeloid leukemia.

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Dos SC, Demur C, Payrastre B (2005) mTOR, a new therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia.

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Whereas the Master Cordwainers have gloried that there has been a Demur amongst the Men's and Women's Men; -- we have the Pleasure to inform them, that matters are amicably settled

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4 1986

Pray, did ycu fee any ihiiig ot hkunt Sinai P Demur:, No, Sir, we never faw any thing of fuch a moun - tain.

Christian memoirs, or, a review of the present state of religion in England : in the form of a new pilgrimage to the heavenly Jerusalem .. 1776