- peremptory exception
- An answer which merely raises an issue of law, the legal effect of which is the same as that of a demurrer. Lambeth v Turner, 1 Tex 364, 367.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
peremptory exception
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