averment

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But it said this month that government lawyers had given formal legal statements - averments - that he would abide by the Benn Act and it would be a serious matter if he did not.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2019

"Based on defendants' conduct to date, the court cannot rely on their averments of good faith," Karlton wrote.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2013

If a recovery is to be had, it must be secundum allegata et probata; and the rule is one of entire inflexibility in respect to all such descriptive averments of material matters.

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

The protectionists claim moreover that in these averments they are not wise after the fact.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

The libels of the day have made some scandalous averments to the contrary, but without adequate foundation.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 by Various