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

The legal question had arisen whether the words, 'She, knowing that Crooke had been indicted for forgery,' did so and so, contained an averment that Crooke had been indicted.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

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

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew

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

There was no occasion to state this, and the averment might be treated as surplusage.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green