allegation by defendant
1Allegation — 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.… …
2disjunctive 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 …
3defensive 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… …
4disjunctive 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… …
5disjunctive 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… …
6defensive 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… …
7defensive 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… …
8defensive 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 …
9failure 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… …
10failure 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… …
