Legal Term: ALLEGATION

Definition: English ecclesiastical law. According to the practice of the prerogative court, the facts intended to be relied on in support of the contested suit are set forth in the plea, which is termed an allegation, this is submitted to the inspection of the counsel of the adverse party, and, if it appear to them objectionable in form or substance, they oppose the admission of it. If the opposition goes to the substance of the allegation, and is held to be well founded, the court rejects it, by which mode of proceeding the suit is terminated without, going into any proof of the facts. 1 Phil. 1, n., 1 Eccl. Rep. ll, n. S. C. See 1 Brown"s Civ. Law, 472, 3, n.

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