averment

[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.

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.

The allegation of facts or claims in a pleading.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that averments be simple, concise, and direct.