allēgātĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [1. allēgo].
I Lit., a sending or despatching to any one (in the class. per. only twice in Cic.): cum sibi omnes ad istum adlegationes difficiles viderent, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 136; and in a pun: quibus adlegationibus illam sibi legationem expugnavit, id. ib. 17.—
II Fig.
A In gen., an alleging or adducing by way of proof , excuse , and the like: si maritus uxorem ream faciat, an lenocinii adlegatio repellat maritum ab accusatione? Dig. 48, 5, 2; so ib. 4, 4, 17; 23, 2, 60; Ap. Met. 10, 6, 21.—
B Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists, an imperial rescript , Cod. Th. 16, 5, 37.