Litigation Strategies

noun an objection raised; demur

• The defense attorney filed a demurrer challenging the sufficiency of the plaintiff's evidence.
• The lawyer said 'I'm gonna file a demurrer' to try and get the case thrown out.
• The attorney pulled a slick move and hit 'em with a demurrer right out the gate.
• In life, sometimes you have to raise a demurrer when faced with baseless accusations.

adjective relating to or consisting of dialogue or conversation between two or more people

• The judge issued an interlocutory order to temporarily halt the proceedings.
• The judge put a temporary hold on things with an interlocutory order.
• The judge hit pause on the case with an interlocutory ruling.
• The interlocutory decision acted as a speed bump in the legal process.