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In English law. A person who, being an alien born, has obtained, ex donatione regis, letters patent to make him an English subject, a high and incommunicable branch of the royal prerogative. A denizen is in a kind of middle state between an alien and a natural-born subject, and partakes of the status of both of these. 1 Bl. Comm. 374; 7 Coke, 6. The term is used to signify a … [Read more...] about DENIZEN

In pleading. The formal mode of disputing the sufficiency in law of the pleading of the other side. In effect it is an allegation that, even if the facts as stated in the pleading to which objection is taken he true, yet their legal consequences are not such as to put the demurring party to the necessity of answering them or proceeding further with the cause. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...] about DEMURRER

An English statute, for the amendment of the law of evidence, (6 A 7 Vict c. 85,) which provides that no person offered as a witness shall thereafter be excluded by reason of incapacity, from crime or interest, from giving evidence. … [Read more...] about DENMAN'S (LORD) ACT

Eng. law. When an issue in law is formed, a transcript is made upon paper of all the pleadings that have been filed or delivered between the parties, which transcript is called the demurrer book. Steph. Pl. 95. See Paper book. … [Read more...] about DEMURRER BOOK

An English statute, for the amendment of procedure in criminal trials, (28 A 29 Vict. c. 18,) allowing counsel to sum up the evidence in criminal as In civil trials, provided the prisoner be defended by counsel. … [Read more...] about DENMAN'S (MR.) ACT