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

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

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew

To aver that his ancestors were sold as slaves, is not equivalent, in point of law, to an averment that he was a slave.

From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Howard, Benjamin C.

For every averment they had "the sensible and true avouch of their own eyes" and ears.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

His averment to this effect does not allow the supposition that he could have deceived himself, on such a point.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth