averment
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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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.
Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events.I. Taylor.
2. Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.
3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
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.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law:
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Averment
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
The allegation of facts or claims in a pleading.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that averments be simple, concise, and direct.
