Demurrer

Demurrer, in English law, is a form of pleading whereby a party, admitting, for the sake of argument, his opponent's allegations, says they are not sufficient in law to support his opponent's case. A demurrer must be argued in court before the pleadings can proceed further. Demurrer to evidence and demurrer to a criminal indictment are now obsolete. If a prisoner wishes to object to the sufficiency in law of an indictment, his best course is to plead to the indictment, and, if convicted, to move in arrest of judgment.