disjunctive allegation

A statement in a pleading or indictment that expresses something in the alternative, usu. with the conjunction “or” [a charge that the defendant murdered or caused to be murdered is a disjunctive alle-gation]. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 675; Indictment and Information 72; Pleading 20, 53. C.J.S. Indictments and Informations § 152; Pleading §§ 72–73, 150.]