Definition of Avermint
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.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
- Verification; establishment by evidence.
- A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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