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   Averment , n. [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See Aver, v. t.]
   The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
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   Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   Verification; establishment by evidence.
   Bacon.
   
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   (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
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   ☞ 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.
   
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