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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: averment n : a declaration that is made as if no supporting evidence were necessary [syn: {assertion}, {asseveration}]
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