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
Not even Mr. Smith, the claimant himself, makes a direct averment that he was ordained by his father to succeed him as prophet and President of the church.
From Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by B. H. Roberts
Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Mr. Larocque: Will you look at the last averment in your indictment?
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
Lord Cromarty’s averment that it was found in Sprot’s kist was disbelieved.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Andrew Lang
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