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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Averment

· A·ver·ment · IPA
01 n. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
  1. 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. 2.
    Verification; establishment by evidence.
  3. 3.
    A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.(Law)