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

I looked incredulous, and almost hinted at insanity; but the young nobleman still persevered in his averment.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

This return was, afterwards, amended, by an averment that, at the time of the service of the writ, Bollman was not in the possession or power of the person to whom it was addressed.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

Joseph, feeling his indebtedness to Potiphar, contents himself with the simple averment that he himself is innocent.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus

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