Allegation

defensive allegation

Commentary on this subject matter: “The proceedings in the ecclesiastical courts are therefore regulated according to the practice of the civil and canon laws …. [Their ordinary course of proceeding is; first, by citation, to call the party injuring before them. Then … to set forth the complainant's ground of complaint. To this succeeds the defendant's answer upon oath; when, if he denies or extenuates the charge, they proceed to proofs by witnesses examined, and their depositions taken down in writing, by an officer of the court. if the defendant has any circumstances to offer in his defense, he must also propound them in what is called his defensive allegation, to which he is entitled in his turn to the plaintiff's answer upon oath, and may from thence proceed to proofs as well as his antagonist.” 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 100 (1768).

Definition of Allegation

Meaning of allegation, related to United States investment and financial law, in the American Legal Dictionary. See also related words and terms of allegation below.

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• Information about allegation in: John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman, “Dictionary of finance and investment terms” (Hauppauge, New York, Barron's, 2014)
• Information about allegation in: Jerry Martin Rosenberg, “Dictionary of investing” (New York, Wiley)
• Information about allegation in: Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary

Allegation

In the Past

English ecclesiastical law. According to the practice of the prerogative court, the facts intended to be relied on in support of the contested suit are set forth in the plea, which is termed an allegation; this is submitted to the inspection of the counsel of the adverse party, and, if it appear to them objectionable in form or substance, they oppose the admission of it. If the opposition goes to the substance of the allegation and is held to be well founded, the court rejects it; by which mode of proceeding the suit is terminated without, going into any proof of the facts. 1 Phil. 1, n.; 1 Eccl. Rep. ll, n. S. C. See 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 472, 3, n. [1]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about allegation is based on the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, including allegation.

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Allegation

In the Past

The citation or reference to a voucher to support a proposition. Dict. de jurisp.; Encyclopedie, mot Allegation; 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 473, n. [1]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about allegation is based on the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, including allegation.

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Allegation

In the Past

The assertion, declaration or statement of a party of what he can prove. [1]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about allegation is based on the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, including allegation.

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Allegation

There is an additional definition in the world law dictionary.

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• e.g. Fed.R. Civil P. 8
• Charge
• Claim
• Complaint