Found 2 items, similar to averment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: averment averment n : a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) [syn: assertion, asseveration]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Averment Averment \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. [1913 Webster] Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Verification; establishment by evidence. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster]