A speaking demurrer is an attempt to use a demurrer to challenge the factual claims of a complaint. Doing so is improper, because a demurrer assumes that all of the complaint's factual claims are true.[1][2]

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  1. ^ McKinney, William M.; Rich, Burdett A. (1914). Ruling Case Law. p. 505.
  2. ^ Hill, Gerald N.; Hill, Kathleen (2002). The people's law dictionary : taking the mystery out of legal language. New York, NY: MJF Books. ISBN 9781567315530.