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Law vocabulary · Evidence & Proof

Allege

Meaning in law, with examples

/əˈledʒ/verbCommon term

In law, allege means: To say that someone has done something wrong or illegal, or that a fact is true, without having proved it yet.

In Turkish: iddia etmek, ileri sürmek

How it is used

Very common in court documents and news: 'the claimant alleges that…'. The adjective 'alleged' shows that something is not yet proved: 'the alleged breach'. The noun is 'allegation': 'deny the allegations'.

Example sentences

  1. The claimant alleges that the defendant copied its product design.

  2. Our client firmly denies all the allegations made in the claim.

Common collocations

  • allege that
  • alleged breach
  • deny the allegations
  • it is alleged that
  • claimA formal demand for money, property or another remedy, especially one made in court; also a statement that something is true which has not yet been proved.
  • burden of proofThe duty of one side in a case to prove that the facts it relies on are true; if it cannot do so, it loses on that point.
  • evidenceDocuments, objects, statements and other information that a court uses to decide which facts are true.
  • plaintiffThe person or company that starts a civil case in court against someone else and asks the court for a remedy.

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