averment
Noun
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Noun
averment
- The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16,
- And for some of these averments, he added, substantiating proof was not far.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16,
- verification; establishment by evidence.
- A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
- (act of averring) affirmation, asseveration, assertion, declaration
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