allegation

  • 51allegation — n. 1 an assertion, esp. an unproved one. 2 the act or an instance of alleging. Etymology: ME f. F alleacutegation or L allegatio f. allegare allege …

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  • 52allegation of faculties — A wife s statement in a divorce case in ecclesiastical court in which the estate of the husband is set forth as a basis for the allowance of alimony. Lovett v Lovett, 11 Ala 763, 771 …

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  • 53False allegation of child sexual abuse — A false allegation of child sexual abuse is an accusation by a child or young adolescent that a person committed one or more acts of child sexual abuse when in reality there was no perpetration of abuse by the accused person as alleged. Studies… …

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  • 54disjunctive allegation — dis·junc·tive allegation /dis jəŋk tiv / n: an allegation that is unclear in meaning because it includes the word or in charging the defendant with two or more wrongful acts ◇ Disjunctive allegations are inadmissible. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary …

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  • 55irrelevant allegation — One which has no substantial relation to the controversy between the parties to the suit, and which cannot affect the decision of the court. Wayte v. Bowker Chemical Co., 196 App.Div. 665, 187 N.Y.S. 276, 277; Commander Milling Co. v.… …

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  • 56irrelevant allegation — One which has no substantial relation to the controversy between the parties to the suit, and which cannot affect the decision of the court. Wayte v. Bowker Chemical Co., 196 App.Div. 665, 187 N.Y.S. 276, 277; Commander Milling Co. v.… …

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  • 57immaterial allegation — An unessential allegation in a pleading; an allegation which can be stricken from the pleading without leaving it insufficient; an allegation which need not be proved or disproved. Green v Palmer, 15 Cal 411, 416 …

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  • 58Bulldogs gang rape allegation — The Bulldogs gang rape allegation was a major scandal which engulfed the Bulldogs, a Sydney based professional rugby league team, in early 2004. A number of unidentified players were accused of gang raping a young woman at a resort in Coffs… …

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  • 59burden of allegation — n. The burden on a party seeking to raise an issue at trial to make allegations about it in a pleading. Also called burden of pleading or pleading burden. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 60bar to an allegation — index estoppel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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