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allegiance. 1. A citizen’s obligation of fidelity and obedience to the government or sovereign in return for the benefits of the protection of the state. • Allegiance may be either an absolute and permanent obligation or a qualified and temporary one. acquired allegiance.The allegiance owed by a naturalized citizen. actual allegiance.The obedience owed by one…

alleged  (<<schwa>>-lejd),  adj.1.  Asserted  to  be  true  as  described  <alleged  offenses>.2. Accused but not yet tried <alleged murderer>. [Blacks Law 8th]

allegatum  (al-<<schwa>>-gay-t<<schwa>>m),   n.[Latin]   A  fact  alleged  in  a   pleading; ALLEGATION. Pl. alle-gata.Cf. PROBATUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

allegations-of-the-complaint rule.See EIGHT-CORNERS RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

allegation  of  use.See  amendment  to  allege  use  under  TRADEMARK-APPLICATION AMENDMENT . [Blacks Law 8th]

allegation  of  faculties.Family  law.  Archaic.  A  statement  detailing  a  husband’s  or  wife’s property,  made by a spouse  who seeks alimony.  See FACULTIES. [Cases: Divorce    239. C.J.S. Divorce §§ 416–419, 421–426.] [Blacks Law 8th]

allegation,n.1. The act of declaring something to be true. 2. Something declared or asserted as a matter of fact, esp. in a legal pleading; a party’s formal statement of a factual matter as being true or provable, without its having yet been proved. — allege,vb. defensive allegation.Eccles. law. A defendant’s response in an ecclesiastical action;…

allegatio falsi (al-<<schwa>>-gay-shee-oh fal-sIorfawl-sI). [Latin] Hist. An untrue allegation. Cf. EXPRESSIO FALSI. [Blacks Law 8th]

allegata (al-<<schwa>>-gay-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] pl.ALLEGATUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

all-claims  rule.Patents.  The  now-abandoned  doctrine  that  a  patent  is  invalid  unless  every inventor named in the patent made an inventive contribution to every claim in the patent. • Section 116 of the Patent Act now expressly  provides that inventors  may apply for a patent jointly even though each did not make a contribution to the…