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Averment

Averment Meaning & Definition
Averment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Averment?

[n] a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Averment: assertion | asseveration

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See Also | accusation | affirmation | avouchment | avowal | charge | claim | contention | declaration | denial | ipse dixit | ipsedixitism | testimony

Averment In Webster's Dictionary

\A*ver"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See {Aver}, v. t.] 1. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion. Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. --I. Taylor. 2. Verification; establishment by evidence. --Bacon. 3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. Note: In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he avers it to be true, by using this form of words: ``and this he is ready to verify.'' This was formerly called an averment. It modern pleading, it is termed a verification. --Blackstone.

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