Thesaurus: averment

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1. v. t. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
2. v. t. Verification; establishment by evidence.
3. v. t. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
4. n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
5. 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.
6. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer tojustify or prove what is alleged.
7. n a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)