English Dictionary: demerara rum | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Honorarium \[d8]Hon`o*ra"ri*um\, Honorary \Hon"or*a*ry\, n. [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See {Honorary}, a.] 1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. --S. Longfellow. 2. (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. --Heumann. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Demurrer \De*mur"rer\, n. 1. One who demurs. 2. (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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Demurrer \De*mur"rer\, n. 1. One who demurs. 2. (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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dummerer \Dum"mer*er\, n. One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] --Burton. |