averment

Etymology

From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer).

noun

  1. The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
    And for some of these averments, he added, substantiating proof was not far. 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
  2. verification; establishment by evidence.
  3. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

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