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
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
His averment to this effect does not allow the supposition that he could have deceived himself, on such a point.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth
He cannot pass such a Bill himself, because the mere act of passing it contradicts the averment of the Bill, and shows its provisions to be improper.
From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
Not even Mr. Smith, the claimant himself, makes a direct averment that he was ordained by his father to succeed him as prophet and President of the church.
From Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Roberts, B. H.
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