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, singular as it may appear, this the Judge-Advocate does not categorically affirm; he leaves it to be inferred from his averment of the presence of the paper and a conversation on the subject.

From The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by DeWitt, David Miller

The untrue averment that the committee of council have refused to contribute to the support of schools not adopting the management clauses is in proper keeping with these equivocations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

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

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