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Burden of allegation

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000795

The responsibility of a party in a lawsuit to plead or assert certain facts in their legal filings. This burden requires a party to include all necessary elements of their claim or defense in their complaint or answer. Failure to properly allege facts can lead to the dismissal of a case or a particular claim.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000795
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000795",
  "term": "Burden of allegation",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The responsibility of a party in a lawsuit to plead or assert certain facts in their legal filings. This burden requires a party to include all necessary elements of their claim or defense in their complaint or answer. Failure to properly allege facts can lead to the dismissal of a case or a particular claim.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/burden-of-allegation/"
}

Record 599 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.