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Definition of Allegation
1. Noun. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law). "An allegation of malpractice"
Specialized synonyms: Grievance, Lodgement, Lodgment, Plaint
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
2. Noun. Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove.
Specialized synonyms: Bill Of Particulars
Generic synonyms: Claim
Derivative terms: Allege
Definition of Allegation
1. n. The act of alleging or positively asserting.
Definition of Allegation
1. Noun. An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts. ¹
2. Noun. The act of alleging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allegation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegation
Literary usage of Allegation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1826)
"Same as 10th, omitting allegation of request. 13. Same as 10th, omitting both
allegation of request and justification of cutting and wounding. 12. ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1895)
"Clarendon's second allegation, with two letters written by Wood. ... I. Imprimis,
that a certain letter exhibited with this allegation, incipiens May ill ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"An allegation in a bill that a deed to plaintiff was made in consideration of
$150 is not a sufficient allegation that plaintiff was a purchaser for a ..."
4. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen (1894)
""With respect to the manner of stating a superior title to that of possession,
it will be shown under the following head relative to the allegation of title ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"And as by tho roll it appeared, that the trial was at nut prius, and the judgment
of acquittal in Bank; it was therefore held not to provean allegation in ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"In the case before us, the bill in equity of the judgment debtor contains no
allegation of any fraud on the part of the judgment ..."
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