Allegation

1. (n.) The act of alleging or positively asserting.

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

3. (n.) 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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