Demur
DEMUR, verb intransitive [Latin To stay or delay.]
1. To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to delay determination or conclusion.
On receiving this information, the minister demurred, till he could obtain further instructions.
2. In law, to stop at any point in the pleadings, and rest or abide on that point in law for a decision of the cause. Thus, the defendant may demur to the plaintiffs declaration, alledging it to be insufficient in law; the plaintiff may demur to the defendants plea, for a like reason.
DEMUR, verb transitive To doubt of.
DEMUR, noun Stop; pause; hesitation as to the propriety of proceeding; suspense of proceeding or decision.
All my demurs but double his attacks.