averment

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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

Not even Mr. Smith, the claimant himself, makes a direct averment that he was ordained by his father to succeed him as prophet and President of the church.

From Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Roberts, B. H.

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

The Limitationist, more modest in averment, not having sufficient information to be positive, simply says he does not know.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

Lord Cromarty’s averment that it was found in Sprot’s kist was disbelieved. 

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew