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Definition of Averment
1. Noun. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
Generic synonyms: Declaration
Specialized synonyms: Claim, Claim, Accusation, Charge, Contention, Ipse Dixit, Ipsedixitism, Affirmation, Avouchment, Avowal, Testimony, Denial, Disaffirmation
Derivative terms: Assert, Asseverate, Aver
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
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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