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
For every averment they had "the sensible and true avouch of their own eyes" and ears.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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
And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John
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 Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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