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a⋅ver⋅ment

   [uh-vur-muhnt]
–noun
1. the act of averring.
2. a positive statement.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME averrement < MF. See aver, -ment
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a·ver     (ə-vûr')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   a·verred, a·ver·ring, a·vers
  1. To affirm positively; declare.
  2. Law
    1. To assert formally as a fact.
    2. To justify or prove.

[Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Vulgar Latin *advērāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.]
a·ver'ment n., a·ver'ra·ble adj.
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averment

noun
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) [syn: assertion] 

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Averment

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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