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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a point in law.

demurring

demurring ‎(plural demurrings)

demurral
- 1825, Mary Sabilla Novello, A Day in Stowe Gardens (page 264)
  After some legal demurrings, it was allowed […]