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Allegata

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A word which the emperors formerly signed at the bottom of their rescripts and constitutions; under other instruments they usually wrote signata or testata. Enc. Lond. ALLEGATA ET PROBATA (Lat. things alleged and proved). The allegations made by a party to a suit, and the proof adduced in their support. ALLEGATIO CONTRA FACTUM NON est admlttenda. An allegation contrary to the deed (or fact) is not admissible.