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[quote user="Poppa_Zit"][quote user="Bucyrus"][quote user="Poppa_Zit"][ The No. 1 definition of allege is "to assert without proof." That was the word I chose carefully. No one claimed his "jumping the crossing" was anything but pure speculation.[/quote]I understand.  I just wanted to know who asserted without proof that the victim attempted to jump the crossing.  From your third person allegation, I could not tell if it was only your personal opinion, or if it was made by others who actually had some evidence.[/quote]If there is any other evidence, the police have not been forthcoming. BTW, what is a "third person allegation"? I believe it would be a second-hand allegation, based on first person [police] observations.[/quote]I am not referring to first, second, or third-hand, which indicates the number of parties in the chain of information transfer. You said:"He illegally ran a stop sign at night at a very high speed, allegedly attempting to go airborne at a crossing for a thrill." By third-person, I mean your structure indicating that there is an allegation that the victim was attempting to go airborne at a crossing for a thrill without revealing that the only allegation is your personal allegation.  You make it seem as if the allegation stands separate from your own opinion, and thus lends credence to it.  This would be in contrast to what I would call a first-person allegation such as, "I allege that the victim was attempting to go airborne at a crossing for a thrill."With regard to the handedness of your allegation, I would call it first-hand.  The police never said anything about the victim trying to go airborne.
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