A charge, claim, accusation or statement of a party to an action against a respondent The allegation establishes the circumstances to be proved in a formal action before the court
A statement of the issues in a written document (a pleading) which a person is prepared to prove in court For example, an indictment contains allegations of crimes against the defendant
An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong. The company has denied the allegations Allegations of brutality and theft have been levelled at the army. = claim. a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but that has not been proved allegations of corruption/fraud/misconduct etc
statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice
That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment 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