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al⋅le⋅ga⋅tion

  [al-i-gey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of alleging; affirmation.
2. an assertion made with little or no proof.
3. an assertion made by a party in a legal proceeding, which the party then undertakes to prove.
4. a statement offered as a plea, excuse, or justification.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L allēgātiōn- (s. of allēgātiō), equiv. to allēgāt(us), ptp. of allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea (al- al- + -lēgāre, deriv. of lēx law; see legal ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1, 2. charge, accusation; claim, contention.
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al·le·ga·tion   (āl'ĭ-gā'shən)   
n.  
  1. Something alleged; an assertion: allegations of disloyalty.
  2. The act of alleging.
  3. A statement asserting something without proof: The newspaper's charges of official wrongdoing were mere allegations.
  4. Law An assertion made by a party that must be proved or supported with evidence.

[French allégation, from Latin allēgātiō, allēgātiōn-, from allēgātus, past participle of allēgāre, to dispatch, adduce : ad-, ad- + lēgāre, to depute; see legate.]
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Allegation

Al`le*ga"tion\, n. [L. allegatio, fr. allegare, allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. Allege and Adlegation.]

1. The act of alleging or positively asserting.

2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment

I thought their allegation but reasonable. --Steele.

3. (Law) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.
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Main Entry: al·le·ga·tion
Pronunciation: "a-l&-'gA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act of alleging
2 a : a statement not yet proven <allegations in an affidavit> b : a statement by a party to a lawsuit of what the party will attempt to prove : AVERMENT —compare ACCUSATION, INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, PROOF
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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