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AVERMENT
assertion, averment, asseveration
(noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
averment (countable and uncountable, plural averments)
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Synonyms
• (act of averring): affirmation, asseveration, assertion, declaration
Anagrams
• Vanmeter
Source: Wiktionary
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)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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