averment

Unless and until Utah impeaches his credibility, that averment is accepted by us descendants of the man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Phebe had no exculpatory evidence but her simple averment that she knew not how the articles came there—she never brought them.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

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

It occurred to me to ask for an explanation—an additional averment as confirmation of its truth; but, before I could recover myself, it was too late—the boat was almost beyond hail.

From Ran Away to Sea by Mayne Reid

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