Part 317

<note>&hand; This spelling, corresponding to <i>abridge</i>, was once the prevailing one.</note>

<h1>Allegation</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al`le*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>allegatio</ets>, fr. <ets>allegare</ets>, <ets>allegatum</ets>, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; <ets>ad + legare</ets> to send, commission. Cf. <er>Allege</er> and <er>Adlegation</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of alleging or positively asserting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment</def>

<blockquote>I thought their <b>allegation</b> but reasonable. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Allege</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lege"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Alleged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Alleging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>aleggen</ets> to bring forward as evidence, OF. <ets>esligier</ets> to buy, prop. to free from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. <ets>exlitigare</ets>; L. <ets>ex + litigare</ets> to quarrel, sue (see <er>Litigate</er>). The word was confused with L. <ets>allegare</ets> (see <er>Allegation</er>), and <ets>lex</ets> law. Cf. <er>Allay</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; <as>as, to <ex>allege</ex> a fact</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cite or quote; <as>as, to <ex>allege</ex> the authority of a judge</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; <as>as, he refused to lend, <ex>alleging</ex> a resolution against lending</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce; declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.</syn>

<h1>Allege</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lege"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Allay</er>.]</ety> <def>To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Allegeable</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lege"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being alleged or affirmed.</def>

<blockquote>The most authentic examples <b>allegeable</b> in the case. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Allegeance</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lege"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Allegation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Allegement</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*lege"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Allegation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>With many complaints and <b>allegements</b>. <i>Bp. Sanderson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Alleger</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*leg"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who affirms or declares.</def>

<h1>Allegge</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*legge"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Alegge</er> and <er>Allay</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Allegiance</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al*le"giance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>alegeaunce</ets>; pref. <ets>a-</ets> + OF. <ets>lige</ets>, <ets>liege</ets>. The meaning was influenced by L. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind, and even by <ets>lex</ets>, legis, law. See <er>Liege</er>, <er>Ligeance</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.</def>