AVERMENT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.

3.
n.

A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.