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The act of alleging or positively asserting.

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  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.
  4. n. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)
  5. n. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
  6. 1. The act of alleging or positively asserting. 2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele. 3. (Law) 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.
  7. A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, --usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matterundertaken to be proved.
  8. n:100 n. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) n. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove