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

And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

It occurred to me to ask for an explanation—an additional averment as confirmation of its truth; but, before I could recover myself, it was too late—the boat was almost beyond hail.

From Ran Away to Sea by Reid, Mayne

"Had they?" said Reuben, thoughtfully, pondering if there did not lie somewhere in this averment the basis for some new moral adjustment of his own conduct.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various

Sabine says the truth of this averment may be doubted.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.