ALLEGATION

ALLEGA'TION, noun 1. Affirmation; positive assertion or declaration.2. That which is affirmed or asserted; that which is offered as a plea, excuse or justification.3. In ecclesiastical courts, a formal complaint, or declaration of charges.

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allegation. allegation, alledging

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allegation. Allegation, n. affirmation, plea, reason, excuse

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Al′le‐ga″tion (�), n. [[L. allegatio, fr. allegare, allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. Allege and Adlegation.]] 1. 1. The act of alleging or positively asserting.
2. 2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment
I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele. 3. 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.