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The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another. "The Divine legation of Moses." Bp. Warburton.

The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.

is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

thers, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall.

The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

Allegation. [Obs.]

Allegation. [Obs.] With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson.

A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged. The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena. Whewell.

A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.

t of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. Wharton.

A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation. [Obs.] Burton.

the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point. Bouvier.

d or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce. By deputation, or In deputation, by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. [Obs.] Say to great Cæsar this: In deputation I k…

The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient. Blackstone.

An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

ruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission.