averment
Example Sentences
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Unless and until Utah impeaches his credibility, that averment is accepted by us descendants of the man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Mr. Larocque: Will you look at the last averment in your indictment?
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.
That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
A man's asking a passport for Baden would be a tacit averment, 'I am going to gamble.'
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James
