allegation

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.]

Assertion of fact in a Pleading. It is a statement of the issue that the contributing party expects to prove.

noun

The act of asserting positively: affirmation, assertion, asseveration, averment, claim, declaration, statement. See affirm/deny/argue.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove.

If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a motion to the court to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. If the allegations in the defendant's answer do not contradict the allegations in the complaint, the plaintiff can make a motion for summary judgment.

IN BRIEF: n. - Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove; (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law).

Tutor's tip: An "allegation" is an unsupported statement. That is quite different than an "alligation," which is something that is conjoined or attached to something else. {Rosie: I couldn't find this word in the any dictionary.}

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - påstand, anbringende

Nederlands (Dutch)
aantijging, bewering

Français (French)
n. - allégation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Behauptung, Bezichtigung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ισχυρισμός, κατηγορία

Italiano (Italian)
accusa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alegação (f), desculpa (f)

Русский (Russian)
необоснованное утверждение

Español (Spanish)
n. - alegación, alegato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anklagelse, åtalspunkt, påstående

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
断言, 辩解, 申述, 主张

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 斷言, 辯解, 申述, 主張

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진술

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 申し立て, 陳述

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إدعاءات, زعم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הצהרה, אמירה, טענה‬

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