Definition of Averment

1. Noun. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).


Definition of Averment

1. n. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

Definition of Averment

1. Noun. The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion. ¹

2. Noun. verification; establishment by evidence. ¹

3. Noun. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Averment

1. the act of averring [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Averment

average up
averageable
averaged
averagely
averageness
averagenesses
averages
averaging
avercorn
avered
averievite
avering
avermectin
avermectin B2 O-methyltransferase
avermectins
averment (current term)
averments
averpennies
averpenny
averrable
averral
averrals
averred
averring
averruncate
averruncated
averruncates
averruncation
averruncations
averruncator

Literary usage of Averment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1794)
"But upon averment that this was in confederation pears not to for this ... averment in th* •Iced no averment nor evidence (hall be admitted to fay that no ..."

2. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"Hence, where the defendant introduces an immaterial averment in his plea, the plaintiff cannot, in his replication, so traverse the matters of the plea as ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"(3) With respect to the proof of special damages under the averment of general averment, (that the defendant did other wrongs to ..."

4. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading: With Precedents of Indictments, Special by Thomas Starkie (1822)
"The averment of place is partly substantial and partly formal; ... The averment of time is altogether formal, since it is unnecessary to prove the offence ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
""An innuendo is an averment that such a one means such a particular person, ... An innuendo may be defined to be an averment in explanation of the ..."

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