AVERMENT

averment. Averment, n. positive assertion, assertion in law with an offer to verify

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A‐ver″ment (�), n. [[Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See Aver, v. t.]] 1. 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. 2. Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.
3. 3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
☞ 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.