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Allegation [fr. alleguer, Fr.; allegare, Lat., to allege], an asserted fact; the adduction of reasons or witnesses in support of an argument.Allegation, means something alleged, an assertion; an assertion without proof; Webster Law Dictionary, p. 38.In the Indian Parliament, an allegation of a defamatory or incriminatory nature against any person or Minister can only be made after giving adequate advance notice to the Speaker and also to the Minister concerned so as to enable the Minister to investigate the matter for the purpose of a reply. The Speaker may prohibit any member from making any such allegation, if it is in his opinion derogatory of the House or no public interest is served. Identical provision exists in Rajya Sabha. Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in the Council of States, 5th Edn. 2000, Rule 353, proviso to the Rule 353 Rule 238A of Rajya Sabha....
allegation of use
allegation of use a sworn statement signed by a trademark applicant (or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant) attesting to use of the mark in commerce. The allegation of use must include one "specimen" showing use of the mark in commerce for each class of the goods/services included in the application, and the required fee. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
disjunctive allegation
disjunctive allegation : an allegation that is unclear in meaning because it includes the word or in charging the defendant with two or more wrongful acts NOTE: Disjunctive allegations are inadmissible. ...
allegation
allegation 1 : the act of alleging 2 a : a statement not yet proven [s in an affidavit] b : a statement by a party to a lawsuit of what the party will attempt to prove : averment compare accusation, indictment, information, proof ...
Allegation of faculties
Allegation of faculties, the statement of a person's means. A term formerly used in the Ecclesiastical Courts in proceedings for alimony....
Defensive allegation
Defensive allegation, the mode of propounding facts relied upon as a defence by a defendant in the spiritual courts. He is entitled to the plaintiff's answer upon oath, and may thence proceed to proofs as well as his antagonist, 3 Steph. Com....
Judicis est judicare secundum allegate et probata
Judicis est judicare secundum allegate et probata [Lat.], it is duty of a judge to decide according to facts alleged and proved....
allege
allege al·leged al·leg·ing [Old French alegier to alleviate, free, confused with Old French alleguer to allege, from Medieval Latin allegare see allegata ] 1 : to state without proof or before proving 2 : to state (as a fact) in a pleading : aver [failed to malice] ...
Complaint
Complaint. This term is most generally used with reference to Courts of Summary Jurisdiction where proceedings are commenced 'on information,' but is also sometimes used to describe a claim in an action of a civil or quasi-civil character. See STATE-MENT OF CLAIM. As to when a 'complaint' made to a third person and not in the presence of the accused is admissible as evidence, see R. v. Osborne, (1905) 1 KB 551, and as to statements made in the presence of the accused, see R. v. Norton, (1910) 2 KB 496.Means any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking action under this Code, that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence, but does not include a police report. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (d)]Means--(i) a consumer; or(ii) any voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or under any other law for the time being in force; or(iii) the Central Government or any State G...
denial
denial 1 : refusal to grant or allow something [ of due process] [ of a motion] 2 a : an assertion that an allegation is false b : a defense asserting that an opposing party's allegations are false compare affirmative defense at defense, traverse NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, allegations that are not denied are taken as admitted, and a statement that a party has insufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth of an allegation is taken as a denial. A denial must sufficiently state which allegations or parts of allegations are being denied. ar·gu·men·ta·tive denial [Ä r-gyə-men-tə-tiv-] : a denial that asserts facts inconsistent with an allegation made by an adverse party general denial 1 : a denial of all the allegations in a complaint 2 : a denial of all the allegations of a particular paragraph or group of paragraphs in a complaint specific denial 1 : general denial in this entry 2 : a denial of...
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