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al·lege /ə-'lej/ vt al·leged, al·leg·ing [Old French alegier to alleviate, free, confused with Old French alleguer to allege, from Medieval Latin allegare see allegata]1: to state without proof or before proving2: to state (as a fact) in a pleading: averfailed to allege malice
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adduce, advance, affirm, announce, annunciate, assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, charge, cite, claim, contend, declare, enunciate, express, maintain, make an assertion, plead, present, profess, pronounce, propound, recite, relate, say, set forth, state, state as true, urge as a reason
associated concepts: allege a crime
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adduce, argue, avouch (avow), bear (adduce), certify (attest), cite (accuse), claim (maintain), comment, express, plead (allege in a legal action), posit, propound, purport, testify
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To claim; to assert; to state in a pleading what one intends to prove at trial.n.allegation
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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To claim a fact is true. A complaint, which plaintiffs file to commence a lawsuit, will allege certain facts. Civil defendants may allege their own facts in their answers.Category: If, When & Where to File a LawsuitCategory: Mediation, Arbitration & Collaborative LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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v.to claim a fact is true, commonly in a complaint which is filed to commence a lawsuit, in an "affirmative defense" to a complaint, in a criminal charge of the commission of a crime or any claim.See also: allegation
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
