allegation by defendant

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• Allegation — Not to be confused with alligation. Alleged redirects here. For the champion racehorse, see Alleged (horse). An allegation (also called adduction) is a claim of a fact by a party in a pleading, which the party claims to be able to prove.… …   Wikipedia

• disjunctive allegation — dis·junc·tive allegation /dis jəŋk tiv / n: an allegation that is unclear in meaning because it includes the word or in charging the defendant with two or more wrongful acts ◇ Disjunctive allegations are inadmissible. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary …   Law dictionary

• defensive allegation — A kind of pleading in which a defendant in an ecclesiastical cause must propound any circumstances he had to offer in his defense. Thereupon the defendant was entitled to the plaintiff s sworn answer to this defensive allegation, and thence the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• disjunctive allegation — A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction or ; for instance, an averment that defendant murdered or caused to be murdered , etc., would be of this character. Disjunctive… …   Black's law dictionary

• disjunctive allegation — A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction or ; for instance, an averment that defendant murdered or caused to be murdered , etc., would be of this character. Disjunctive… …   Black's law dictionary

• defensive allegation — In English ecclesiastical law, a species of pleading, where the defendant, instead of denying the plaintiffs charge upon oath, has any circumstances to offer in his defense. This entitles him, in his turn to the plaintiffs answer upon oath, upon… …   Black's law dictionary

• defensive allegation — In English ecclesiastical law, a species of pleading, where the defendant, instead of denying the plaintiffs charge upon oath, has any circumstances to offer in his defense. This entitles him, in his turn to the plaintiffs answer upon oath, upon… …   Black's law dictionary

• defensive allegation — noun : a pleading in English ecclesiastical law in which defendant does not deny plaintiff s allegations but avers special circumstances and facts constituting a defense thereby requiring plaintiff to answer upon oath the matter set up in defense …   Useful english dictionary

• failure to perform — As regards reciprocal promises, allegation of defendant s failure to perform when demanded is equivalent to allegation of refusal to perform, unless performance by plaintiff is condition precedent to cause of action. Brooks v. Scoville, 81 Utah… …   Black's law dictionary

• failure to perform — As regards reciprocal promises, allegation of defendant s failure to perform when demanded is equivalent to allegation of refusal to perform, unless performance by plaintiff is condition precedent to cause of action. Brooks v. Scoville, 81 Utah… …   Black's law dictionary

• Defamation — This article is about the malicious statement. For the 2009 film, see Defamation (film). Libel and Slander redirect here. For other uses, see Libel (disambiguation) and Slander (disambiguation). Vilification and Calumny redirect here. For the… …   Wikipedia