Averment
Pronunciation : A*ver"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See Aver, v. t.]
Definition : 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)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913