averment
AmericanEtymology
Origin of averment
1400–50; late Middle English averrement < Middle French. See aver, -ment
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Unless and until Utah impeaches his credibility, that averment is accepted by us descendants of the man.
From Time Magazine Archive
The legal question had arisen whether the words, 'She, knowing that Crooke had been indicted for forgery,' did so and so, contained an averment that Crooke had been indicted.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Sir Leslie Stephen
The resolutions in question were published in the city papers and can be referred to in substantiation of this averment.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns
Suffused with seeming humor and the pathos of half hidden tragedy this averment brings us face to face with a life reluctantly asserting its individuality.
From Lincoln, the Politician by T. Aaron Levy
Joseph, feeling his indebtedness to Potiphar, contents himself with the simple averment that he himself is innocent.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
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