averment

American  

[uh-vur-muhnt] / əˈvɜr mənt /

noun

1. the act of averring.

2. a positive statement.

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Etymology

Origin of averment

1400–50; late Middle English averrement < Middle French. See aver, -ment

Example Sentences

Unless and until Utah impeaches his credibility, that averment is accepted by us descendants of the man.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no averment in this plea which shows or conduces to show an inability in the plaintiff to sue in the Circuit Court.

From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Howard, Benjamin C.

To aver that his ancestors were sold as slaves, is not equivalent, in point of law, to an averment that he was a slave.

From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Howard, Benjamin C.

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

This is equivalent to an averment that he is a citizen of that State.

From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Barnes, William Horatio