English Dictionary

demurrer to evidence

名詞

(law) A stop or pause by a party to an action in order to ask the court to determine the question of whether the evidence as it stands ought to be admitted, based on the law of admissibility of evidence.

日本語の意味

（法律用語）当事者が、現状の証拠が証拠採用の法則に基づいて認められるべきか否かを判断するために、裁判手続きを一時中断する申し立て。

The defense filed a demurrer to evidence at the close of the prosecution's case, asking the judge to rule whether the presented evidence was admissible under the law.

弁護側は検察の主張が終わった時点で、提示された証拠が法に基づいて証拠として採用されるべきかどうかを裁判官に判断してもらうため、証拠の受理可否を争う申立てを行った。

意味（1）

(law) A stop or pause by a party to an action in order to ask the court to determine the question of whether the evidence as it stands ought to be admitted, based on the law of admissibility of evidence.

demurrers to evidence （ plural ）