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averment
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AVERMENT
n.[See Aver. ] 1. Affirmation; positive assertion; the act of averring.
2. Verification; establishment by evidence.
3. In pleading, an offer of either party to justify or prove what he alleges. In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and concludes with these words, "and this he is ready to verify. " This is called an averment.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AVERMENT
A *ver "ment, n. Etym: [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 )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
averment
a ver ment |əˈvərmənt əˈvərmənt | ▶noun formal an affirmation or allegation. • Law a formal statement by a party in a case of a fact or circumstance that the party offers to prove or substantiate. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French averrement, averement, from averer ‘declare true ’ (see aver ).
Oxford Dictionary
averment
averment |əˈvəːm (ə )nt | ▶noun formal an affirmation or allegation. • Law a formal statement by a party in a case of a fact or circumstance which the party offers to prove or substantiate. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French averrement, averement, from averer ‘declare true ’ (see aver ).
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