demurrer to indictment

demurrer to indictment
A pleading attacking the sufficiency of an indictment for a defect which appears on the face of the indictment, the failure to state an offense, or the failure to state an offense with the clearness and precision required in an indictment. 27 Am J1st Indict § 144.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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