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

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

To aver that his ancestors were sold as slaves, is not equivalent, in point of law, to an averment that he was a slave.

From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Howard, Benjamin C.

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

Suffused with seeming humor and the pathos of half hidden tragedy this averment brings us face to face with a life reluctantly asserting its individuality.

From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron