Allegation

[Lat. allegatio, from allegare, q. v. J In the common law. Statement or pleading. Steph. Plead. 1, 123, 124. The statement of fact, or pleading of a party to an action; such as a declaration, plea, <fec. Id. 23, 59. A statement in a particular pleading. Id. passim. Allegation. In English ecclesiastical law. The pleading or statement of a party in a cause; an additional or supplementary pleading. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 471, 473. 3 Bl. Com. 100. A species of pleading, used generally in propounding or contesting a will, claiming an interest in an intestate's effects, &c. 4 Chitt. Gen. Pr. 166. An allegation of faculties is an allegation given in by a wife claiming alimony, stating the property of the husband. Shelf ord Marr. dt Div. 687. Allegation of diminution. See Diminution,