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Allegiare

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To defend and clear one's self; to wage one's own law.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To defend one’s own cause.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To defend and clear one's self; to wage one's own law.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Todefend and clear one's aclf; to wage one’s own law.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. To clear one's self, defend, by due course of law; to wage one's law.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

L. Lat. [from ad, by, and lex, law.] In Saxon law. To clear one's self according to law, (juxta normam kffis se excusare;) to exculpate one's self by tfddng an oath, (sacramsnto interposito 96 culpd exim^ere;) to wage one's law, (legem vadiare.) Spelman, See Lex, Ley poffer. Wager of law.