Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 27
Demonian (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. "Demonian spirits." -- Milton.
Demonianism (n.) The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons.
Demoniasm (n.) See Demonianism. [R.]
Demonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." -- Lowell.
Demonic (a.) Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy].
Demonism (n.) The belief in demons or false gods.
The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. -- Farmer.
Demonism (n.) A belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) [syn: diabolism, demonism, Satanism].
Demonist (n.) A believer in, or worshiper of, demons.
Demonized (imp. & p. p.) of Demonize.
Demonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demonize.
Demonize (v. t.) To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.
Demonize (v. t.) To control or possess by a demon.
Demonize (v.) Make into a demon; "Power had demonized him" [syn: demonize, demonise].
Demonocracy (n.) The power or government of demons.
A demonocracy of unclean spirits. -- H. Taylor.
Demonographer (n.) A demonologist. [R.] -- Am. Cyc.
Demonolatry (n.) The worship of demons.
Demonolatry (n.) The acts or rites of worshiping devils [syn: diabolatry, demonolatry, devil-worship].
Demonologer (n.) One versed in demonology. -- R. North. Demonologic
Demonologic (a.) Alt. of Demonological.
Demonological (a.) Of or pertaining to demonology.
Demonologist (n.) One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology.
Demonology (n.) A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. -- Sir W. Scott.
Demonomagy (n.) Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic. -- Bp. Hurd.
Demonomania (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.
Demonomist (n.) One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] -- Sir T. Herbert.
Demonomy (n.) The dominion of demons. [R.] -- Sir T. Herbert.
Demonry (n.) Demoniacal influence or possession. -- J. Baillie.
Demonship (n.) The state of a demon. -- Mede.
Demonstrability (n.) The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.
Demonstrability (n.) Capability of being demonstrated or logically proved [syn: demonstrability, provability].
Demonstrable (a.) Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question.
The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry. -- Glanvill.
Demonstrable (a.) Proved; apparent. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Demonstrable (a.) Necessarily or demonstrably true; "demonstrable truths" [syn: demonstrable, incontrovertible].
Demonstrable (a.) Capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies"; "a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare"; "practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot [syn: demonstrable, provable].
Demonstrableness (n.) The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.
Demonstrably (adv.) In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.
Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. -- Clarendon.
Demonstrably (adv.) In an obvious and provable manner; "his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong" [syn: demonstrably, provably, incontrovertibly].
Demonstrance (n.) Demonstration; proof. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Demonstrate (v. t.) 論證，證明 [+（that）]；（用實驗，實例等）說明，教 [+wh-]；示範操作（產品），展示 To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. -- Shak.
Demonstrate (v. t.) To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial.
We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction. -- Tillotson.
Demonstrate (v. t.) (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).
Demonstrate (v.) (v. i.) 示威，舉行遊行示威[（+against）] Give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate].
Demonstrate (v.) Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove].
Demonstrate (v.) Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence].
Demonstrate (v.) March in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: demonstrate, march].
Demonstrate (v.) (Show) (B2) [ T ] 顯示；表明 To show or make make something clear.
// These numbers clearly demonstrate the size of the economic problem facing the country.
// [ + that ] Research has demonstrated that babies can recognize their mother's voice very soon after birth.
// These problems demonstrate the importance of strategic planning.
Demonstrate (v.) (Show) (C1) [ T ] 展示，演示 To show something and explain how it works.
// He got a job demonstrating kitchen equipment in a department store.
// [ + question word ] The teacher demonstrated how to use the equipment.
Demonstrate (v.) (Express) (C2) [ T ] 表達；表露；表現；顯露 To express or show that you have a particular feeling, quality, or ability.
// He has demonstrated a genuine interest in the project.
// His answer demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the question.
Demonstrate (v.) (Protest) (B2) [ I ] 示威，遊行 To make a public expression that you are not satisfied about something, especially by marching or having a meeting.
// Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the new proposals.
Demonstrater (n.) See Demonstrator.
Demonstration (n.) 示威；論証，示範，顯示，展示，演示，表示 The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration. -- Locke.
Demonstration (n.) An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show. See also sense 7 for a more specific related meaning.
Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief? -- Shak.
Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. -- Prescott.
Demonstration (n.) (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.
Demonstration (n.) (Mil.) A decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.
Demonstration (n.) (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.
Demonstration (n.) (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.
Demonstration (n.) A public gathering of people to express some sentiment or feelings by explicit means, such as picketing, parading, carrying signs or shouting, usually in favor of or opposed to some action of government or of a business.
Demonstration (n.) The act of showing how a certain device, machine or product operates, or how a procedure is performed; -- usually done for the purpose of inducing prospective customers to buy a product; as, a demonstration of the simple operation of a microwave oven.
Direct demonstration, or Positive demonstration, (Logic & Math.), One in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; -- opposed to Indirect demonstration, or Negative demonstration (called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect.
Demonstration (n.) A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: {presentation}, {presentment}, {demonstration}].
Demonstration (n.) A show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations".
Demonstration (n.) A public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war" [syn: {demonstration}, {manifestation}].
Demonstration (n.) Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: {demonstration}, {monstrance}].
Demonstration (n.) A visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response" [syn: {demonstration}, {demo}].
DEMONSTRATION. Whatever is said or written to designate a thing or person.
For example, a gift of so much money, with a fund particularly referred to for its payment, so that if the fund be not the testator's property at his death, the legacy will fail; this is called a demonstrative legacy. 4 Ves. 751; Lownd. Leg. 85; Swinb. 485.
DEMONSTRATION. A legacy given to James, who married my cousin, is demonstrative; these expressions present the idea of a demonstration; there are many James, but only one who married my cousin. Vide Ayl. Pand. 130; Dig. 12, 1, 6; Id. 35, 1, 34 Inst. 2, 20, 30.
DEMONSTRATION. By demonstration is also understood that proof which excludes all possibility of error; for example, mathematical deductions.
Demonstration (n.) - Demonstrational (a.) : An act of showing someone how something is used or done.
Demonstration (n.) An event in which people gather together in order to show that they support or oppose something or someone.
Demonstration (n.) An act of showing or proving something.
Demonstration (n.) An act, process, or means of demonstrating to the intelligence: as
Demonstration (n.) Conclusive evidence : Proof (2) : Derivation 5.
Demonstration (n.) A showing of the merits of a product or service to a prospective consumer.
Demonstration (n.) An outward expression or display.
Demonstration (n.) A show of armed force.
Demonstration (n.) A public display of group feelings toward a person or cause.
Demonstration (n.) An outward expression (as a show of feelings) <a demonstration of affection>.
Demonstration (n.) An act or a means of showing <a cooking demonstration>.
Demonstration (n.) A showing or using of an article for sale to display its good points
Demonstration (n.) A parade or a gathering to show public feeling
Demonstration (n.) An act, process, or means of demonstrating to the intelligence; especially : a proof by experiment <a demonstration of the neutralization of an acid by a base>.
Demonstration (n.) (Show) (C1) [ C or U ] 演示，示範 The act of showing someone how to do something, or how something works.
// This disaster is a clear demonstration of the need for tighter controls.
// Let me give you a demonstration of how the camera works.
// She told us how easy it was to use the software, then by way of demonstration produced a beautiful graph with a few clicks of the mouse.
// We're going to a cookery demonstration tonight.
Demonstration (n.) (Protest) (B2) [ C ] (Informal demo) 遊行，示威 An occasion when a group of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone.
// The students are holding a demonstration against the proposed changes.
// Protesters staged an anti-war demonstration.
Demonstrative (a.) 感情流露的；示範的；論證的，證明的[（+of）] Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." -- Dryden.
An argument necessary and demonstrative. -- Hooker.
Demonstrative (a.) Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
Demonstrative (a.) Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." -- Blair.
Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), A pronoun distinctl designating that to which it refers.
Demonstrative (n.) (Gram.) 【語】指示詞 [C] A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
Demonstrative (a.) Given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family" [ant: undemonstrative].
Demonstrative (a.) Serving to demonstrate [syn: demonstrative, illustrative].
Demonstrative (n.) A pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative].
Demonstratively (adv.) In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.
Demonstratively (adv.) In a demonstrative manner; "he greeted her demonstratively".
Demonstrativeness (n.) The state or quality of being demonstrative.
Demonstrativeness (n.) Tending to express your feelings freely.
Demonstrator (n.) 論證者；指示者；實地教學者；示威運動者 One who demonstrates; specif.
Demonstrator (n.) One who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.
Demonstrator (n.) One who shows how a certain device operates or a procedure is performed.
Demonstrator (n.) (Anat.) A teacher of practical anatomy.
Demonstrator (n.) A person who participates in a demonstration [7].
Demonstrator (n.) A teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught.
Demonstrator (n.) Someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer [syn: demonstrator, sales demonstrator].
Demonstrator (n.) Someone who participates in a public display of group feeling [syn: demonstrator, protester].
Demonstratory (a.) Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. -- Johnson.
Demorage (n.) Demurrage. [Obs.] -- Pepys (1663).
Demoralization (n.) [U] 道德敗壞，墮落；士氣低落 The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.
Demoralization (n.) Destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy [syn: {demoralization}, {demoralisation}].
Demoralization (n.) A state of disorder and confusion; "his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff" [syn: {demoralization}, {demoralisation}].
Demoralization (n.) Depression resulting from an undermining of your morale [syn: {demoralization}, {demoralisation}].
Demoralized (imp. & p. p.) of Demoralize.
Demoralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demoralize.
Demoralize (v. t.) 使道德敗壞；使士氣低落；使沮喪；使混亂 To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime. -- Walsh.
The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. -- Bancroft.
Demoralize (v.) Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: {corrupt}, {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}, {debauch}, {debase}, {profane}, {vitiate}, {deprave}, {misdirect}].
Demoralize (v.) Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: {depress}, {deject}, {cast down}, {get down}, {dismay}, {dispirit}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}] [ant: {elate}, {intoxicate}, {lift up}, {pick up}, {uplift}].
Demoralize (v.) Confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office".
Demosthenic (a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.
Demosthenic (a.) Of or relating to Demosthenes or his oratory.
Demotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
Demotic alphabet or Demotic character, A form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial.
Demotic (a.) Of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.
Demotic (a.) Of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms".
Demotic (n.) A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" [syn: Demotic, Demotic script].
Demotic (n.) The modern Greek vernacular [syn: Romaic, Demotic].
Demount (v. i.) To dismount. [R.]
Dempne (v. t.) To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Dempster
Dempster (n.) Alt. of Demster.
Demster (n.) A deemster.
Demster (n.) (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.
Demulce (v. t.) To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] -- Sir T. Elyot.
Compare: Obtundent
Obtundent (n.) (Med.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent. -- Forsyth.
Demulcent (a.) Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.
Demulcent (n.) (Med.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents.
Demulcent (a.) Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin [syn: demulcent, emollient, salving, softening].
Demulcent (n.) A medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin.
Demulsion (n.) The act of soothing; that which soothes. . -- Feltham.
Demurred (imp. & p. p.) of Demur.
Demurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demur.
Demur (v. t.) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.]
The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. -- Milton.
Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.]
He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. -- Quarles.
Demur (v. i.) [文] 猶豫；有顧慮；反對 [（+at/ to）] ；【律】抗辯，表示異議 To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. -- Nicols.
Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. -- Hayward.
Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement ; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred.
When introduced as the world's smartest man, he was not inclined to demur. -- Kip Thorne
Demur (v. i.) (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Demur (n.) [文] 猶豫；顧慮；反對，異議 [U ] Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." -- Pope.
Demur (n.) (Law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demur, demurral, demurrer].
Demur (v.) Take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" [syn: demur, except].
Demur (v.) Enter a demurrer.
Demure (v. i.) To look demurely. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Demure (a.) 裝作一本正經的；佯作害羞的；端莊的；嫻靜的；嚴肅的 Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Sober, steadfast, and demure. -- Milton.
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes. -- W. Black.
Demure (a.) Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her. -- L'Estrange.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head. -- Miss Mitford.
Demure (a.) Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way [syn: coy, demure, overmodest].
Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.
They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. -- Dryden.
Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her".
Demureness (n.) The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
Demureness (n.) The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum.
Demureness (n.) The affectation of being demure in a provocative way [syn: coyness, demureness].
Demurity (n.) Demureness; also, one who is demure. -- Sir T. Browne.
Demurrable (a.) That may be demurred to. -- Stormonth.
Demurrage (n.) (Law) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing.
Demurrage (n.) (Law) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. -- M`Culloch.
Note: The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.
Demurrage (n.) A charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
Demurrage (n.) Detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.
DEMURRAGE, mar. law. The freighter of a ship is bound not to detain it, beyond the stipulated or usual time, to load, or to deliver the cargo, or to sail. The extra days beyond the lay days (being the days allowed to load and unload the cargo), are called the days of demurrage; and that term is likewise applied to the payment for such delay, and it may become due, either by the ship's detention, for the purpose of loading or unloading the cargo, either before, or during, or after the voyage, or in waiting for convoy. 3 Kent, Com. 159; 2 Marsh, 721; Abbott on Ship. 192 5 Com. Dig. 94, n., 505; 4 Taunt. 54, 55; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 426; Harr. Dig. Ship and Shipping, VII.
Demurral (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.
The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. -- Southey.
Demurral (n.) (Law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demur, demurral, demurrer].
Demurrer (n.) One who demurs.
Demurrer (n.) (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
Demurrer to evidence, An exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point. -- Bouvier.
Demurrer (n.) (Law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demur, demurral, demurrer].
Demurrer (n.) (Law) Any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings.
Demurrer (n.) A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" [syn: defense, defence, denial, demurrer] [ant: criminal prosecution, prosecution].
DEMURRER. (From the Latin demorari, or old French demorrer, to wait or stay.) In pleading, imports, according to its etymology, that the objecting party will not proceed with the pleading, because no sufficient statement has been made on the other side; but will wait the judgment of the court whether he is bound to answer. 5 Mod. 232; Co. Litt. 71, b; Steph. Pl. 61.
DEMURRER. A demurrer may be for insufficiency either in substance or in form that is, it may be either on the ground that the case shown by the opposite party is essentially insufficient, or on the ground that it is stated in an artificial manner; for the law requires in every pleading, two thing's; the one, that it be in matter sufficient; the other, that it be deduced and expressed according to the forms of law; and if either the one or the other of these be wanting, it is cause of demurrer. Hob. 164. A demurrer, as in its nature, so also in its form, is of two kinds; it is either general or special.
DEMURRER. With respect to the effect of a demurrer, it is, first, a rule, that a demurrer admits all such matters of fact as are sufficiently pleaded. Bac. Abr. Pleas, N 3; Com. Dig. Pleader, Q 5. Again, it is it rule that, on a demurrer, the court will consider the whole record, and give judgment for the party who, on the whole, appears to be entitled to it. Com. Dig. Pleader, M. 1, M 2; Bad. Abr. Pleas. N 3; 5 Rep. 29 a: Hob. 56; 2 Wils. 150; 4 East, 502 1 Saund. 285 n. 5. For example, on a demurrer to the replication, if the court think the replication bad, but perceive a substantial fault in the plea, they will give judgment, not for the defendant, but for the plaintiff; 2 Wils. R. 1&0; provided the declaration be good; but if the declaration also be bad in substance, then upon the same principle, judgment would be given for the defendant. 5 Rep. 29 a. For when judgment is to be given, whether the issue be in law or fact, and whether the cause have proceeded to issue or not, the court is always to examine the whole record, and adjudge for the plaintiff or defendant, according to the legal right, as it may on the whole appear.
DEMURRER. It is, however, subject to, the following exceptions; first, if the plaintiff demur to a plea in abatement, and the court decide against the plea, they will give judgment of respondeat ouster, without regard to any defect in the declaration. Lutw. 1592, 1667; 1 Salk. 212; Carth. 172 Secondly, the court will not look back into the record, to adjudge in favor of an apparent right in the plaintiff, unless the plaintiff have himself put his action upon that ground. 5 Barn. & Ald 507. Lastly, the court, in examining the whole record, to adjudge according to the apparent right, will consider the right in matter of substance, and not in respect of mere form, such as should have been the subject of a special demurrer. 2 Vent. 198-222.
DEMURRER. There can be no demurrer to a demurrer: for a demurrer upon a demurrer, or pleading over when an issue in fact is offered, is a discontinuance. Salk. 219; Bac. Abr. Pleas, N 2.
DEMURRER. Demurrers are general and special, and demurrers to evidence, and to interrogatories.
DEMURRER. A general demurrer is one which excepts to the sufficiency of a previous pleading in general terms, without showing specifically the nature of the objection; and such demurrer is sufficient, when the objection is on matter of substance. Steph. Pl. 159; 1 Chit. Pl. 639; Lawes, Civ. Pl. 167; Bac. Abr. Pleas, N 5; Co. Lit. 72 a.
DEMURRER. A special demurrer is one which excepts to the sufficiency of the pleadings on the,opposite side, and shows specifically the nature of the objection and the particular ground of exception. Co. Litt. 72, a.; Bac. Abr. Pleas, N 5.
DEMURRER. A special demurrer is necessary, where it turns on matter of form only; that is, where, notwithstanding such objections, enough appears to entitle the opposite party to judgment, as far as relates to the merits of the cause. For, by two statutes, 27 Eliz. ch. 5, and 4 Ann. ch. 16, passed with a view to the discouragement of merely formal objections, it is provided in nearly the same terms, that the judges "shall give judgment according to the very right of the cause and matter in law as it shall appear unto them, without regarding any imperfection, omission, defect or want of form, except those only 'Which the party demurring shall, specifically. and particularly set down and express, together with his demurrer, as the causes of the same." Since these statutes, therefore, no mere matter of form can be objected to on a general demurrer; but the demurrer must be in the special form, and the objection specifically stated.
But, on the other hand, it is to be observed, that, under a special demurrer, the party may, on the argument, not only take advantage of the particular faults which his demurrer specifies, but also of all objections in substance, or regarding the very right of the cause, (as the statute expresses it.) as under those statutes, need not be particularly set down. It follows, therefore, that unless the objection be clearly of the substantial kind, it is the safer course, in all cases, to demur specially. Yet, where a general demurrer is plainly efficient, it is more usually adopted in practice; because the effect of the special form being to apprise the opposite party more distinctly of the nature of the objection, it is attended with the inconvenience, of enabling him to prepare to maintain his pleading by argument, or of leading him to apply the earlier to amend. With respect to the degree of particularity, with which, under these statutes,the special demurrer must assign the ground of objection, it may be observed, that it is not sufficient to object, in general terms, that the pleading is "uncertain, defective, and informal," or the like, but if is necessarily to show in what, it respect, uncertain, defective, and informal. 1 Saund. 161, n. 1, 337 b, n. 3; Steph. Pl. 159, 161; 1 Chit. Pl. 642.
DEMURRER. A demurrer to evidence is analogous to a demurrer in pleading; the party from whom it comes declaring that he will not proceed, because the evidence offered on the other side, is not sufficient to maintain the issue. Upon joinder in demurrer, by the opposite party, the jury are, in general, discharged from giving any verdict; 1 Arch. Pr. 186; and the demurrer being entered on record, is afterwards argued and decided by the court in banc; and the judgment there given upon it, may ultimately be brought before a court of error. See 2 H. Bl. 187 4 Chit. Pr. 15 Gould on Pl. c. 9, part 2, Sec. 47 United States Dig. Pleading, Viii.
DEMURRER. Demurrer to interrogatories. By this phrase is understood the reasons which a witness tenders for not answering a particular question in interrogatories. 2 Swanst. R. 194. Strictly speaking, this is not a demurrer, which admits the facts stated, for the purpose of taking the. opinion of the court but by an abuse of the term, the witness objection to answer is called a demurrer, in the popular sense. Gresl. Eq. Ev. 61.
DEMURRER. The court are judicially to determine their validity. The witness must state his objection very carefully, for these demurrers are held to strict rules, and are readily overruled if they cover too much. 2 Atk. 524; 1 Y. & J. 32. See, in general, as to demurrers,, Bac. Abr. Pleas, N; Com. Dig. Pleader, Q; Saund. Rep. Index, tit. Demurrers; Lawes Civ. Pl. ch. 8; 1 Chit. Pl. 639-649 Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Demies (n. pl. ) of Demy.
Demy (n.) A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
Demy (n.) A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. -- Johnson.
Demy (a.) Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
Den (n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
Den (n.) A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals." -- Addison.
Den (n.) Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.]
Den (n.) [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] -- Shak.
Den (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a den.
The sluggish salvages that den below. - G. Fletcher.
Den (n.) The habitation of wild animals [syn: lair, den].
Den (n.) A hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [syn:
hideout, hideaway, den].
Den (n.) A unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts.
Den (n.) A room that is comfortable and secluded.
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Den, () A lair of wild beasts (Ps. 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa. 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb. 11:38); a resort of thieves (Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Dan. 6:16, 17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common.
Denarcotize (v. t.) To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion, n.
Denarii (n. pl. ) of Denarius.
Denarius (n.) A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.
Denary (a.) 十倍的；十的；十進的 Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
Denary (n.) The number ten; a division into ten.