Bible Dictionaries
Allegation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of alleging or positively asserting.

(2):

(n.) That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment

(3):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Allegation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/allegation.html. 1828.