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To allege something means to claim it happened...Gateshead has a county court house.

>>>al·lege   [uh-lej] Show IPA
verb (used with object), al·leged, al·leg·ing.
1.
to assert without proof.
2.
to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact.
3.
to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath.
4.
to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse.
5.
Archaic . to cite or quote in confirmation.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English alleg ( g ) en, probably < Old French aleguer (< Medieval Latin, Latin all?g?re to adduce in support of a plea; see allegation), conflated with Anglo-French, Old French aleg ( i ) er to justify, free, literally, to lighten (< Late Latin allevi?re; see alleviate); homonymous Middle English v. alleg ( g ) en, with literal sense of Old French aleg ( i ) er, replaced by allay in 16th cent.

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