Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstatements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
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Origin
- Latinallego“send for, to bring forth, name, produce in evidence”
- Old Frenchalegement
- Middle Englishallegement, alleggement
- Englishallegement
From Middle English allegement, alleggement, from Old French alegement, alegemant, from the verb alegier, from Latin allego (“send for, to bring forth, name, produce in evidence”), from ad (“to”) + lego (“to depute, send”).
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