alegación

Definitions of alegación
  1. noun
    a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
    synonyms: reconvención
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    type of:
    acción, causa, contencioso, contención, demanda, enjuiciamiento, juicio, litigio, pleito, proceso, querella
    a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
  2. noun
    (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)
    synonyms: demanda, querella
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    types:
    agravio, injuria
    an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
    type of:
    acusación, denunciación
    a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
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