averment
AmericanEtymology
Origin of averment
1400–50; late Middle English averrement < Middle French. See aver, -ment
Example Sentences
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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
Lord Cromarty’s averment that it was found in Sprot’s kist was disbelieved.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew
There was no occasion to state this, and the averment might be treated as surplusage.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive ?tatement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Sabine says the truth of this averment may be doubted.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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