ALLEGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allegement mean? 

• ALLEGEMENT (noun)
  The noun ALLEGEMENT has 1 sense:

1. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

  Familiarity information: ALLEGEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLEGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

allegation; allegement

Hypernyms ("allegement" is a kind of...):

claim (an assertion that something is true or factual)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allegement"):

bill of Particulars (the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet)

Derivation:

allege (report or maintain)