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==Origin==

==Origin==

:''allege'' - [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''alleggen'' to submit in [[evidence]] or as [[justification]], adduce, from Anglo-French ''aleger'', ''allegger'', probably in part modification of Medieval Latin ''allegare'', from [[Latin]], to send as a [[representative]], adduce in support of a [[plea]] (from ''ad''- + ''legare'' to depute), in part from Anglo-French ''aleger'' to lighten, [[free]], exculpate, from Late Latin ''alleviare'' to relieve  

:''allege'' - [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''alleggen'' to submit in [[evidence]] or as [[justification]], adduce, from Anglo-French ''aleger'', ''allegger'', probably in part modification of Medieval Latin ''allegare'', from [[Latin]], to send as a [[representative]], adduce in support of a [[plea]] (from ''ad''- + ''legare'' to depute), in part from Anglo-French ''aleger'' to lighten, [[free]], exculpate, from Late Latin ''alleviare'' to relieve  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th_century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th_century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1:  a [[positive]] [[assertion]]; specifically :  a [[statement]] by a party to a [[legal]] [[action]] of what the party undertakes to [[prove]]

*1:  a [[positive]] [[assertion]]; specifically :  a [[statement]] by a party to a [[legal]] [[action]] of what the party undertakes to [[prove]]

An '''allegation''' (also called ''adduction'') is a claim of a [[fact]] by a party in a pleading, which the party claims to be able to prove. Allegations remain [[assertions]] without [[proof]], until they can be proved.

An '''allegation''' (also called ''adduction'') is a claim of a [[fact]] by a party in a pleading, which the party claims to be able to prove. Allegations remain [[assertions]] without [[proof]], until they can be proved.

There are also [[marital]] allegations: marriage [[bonds]] and ''allegations'' exist for couples who applied to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_licence marry by license]. They do not exist for couples who [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banns_of_marriage married by banns]. The marriage allegation was the [[document]] in which the couple alleged (or frequently just the groom alleged on behalf of both of them) that there were no impediments to the marriage.

There are also [[marital]] allegations: marriage [[bonds]] and ''allegations'' exist for couples who applied to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_licence marry by license]. They do not exist for couples who [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banns_of_marriage married by banns]. The marriage allegation was the [[document]] in which the couple alleged (or frequently just the groom alleged on behalf of both of them) that there were no impediments to the marriage.

Generally, in a [[civil]] [[complaint]], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintiff plaintiff] alleges [[facts]] sufficient to establish all the elements of the claim and thus states a cause of action. The plaintiff must then carry the [[burden]] of [[proof]] and the burden of persuasion in order to succeed in the lawsuit.

Generally, in a [[civil]] [[complaint]], a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintiff plaintiff] alleges [[facts]] sufficient to establish all the elements of the claim and thus states a cause of action. The plaintiff must then carry the [[burden]] of [[proof]] and the burden of persuasion in order to succeed in the lawsuit.

A defendant can allege affirmative [[defenses]] in its answer to the complaint.

A defendant can allege affirmative [[defenses]] in its answer to the complaint.

Other allegations are required in a pleading to establish the correct [[jurisdiction]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_matter_jurisdiction personal jurisdiction] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_matter_jurisdiction subject matter jurisdiction].

Other allegations are required in a pleading to establish the correct [[jurisdiction]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_matter_jurisdiction personal jurisdiction] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_matter_jurisdiction subject matter jurisdiction].

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Accusation]]'''''

*'''''[[Accusation]]'''''

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]