averment

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

From Time Magazine Archive

That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The only positive averment in the affidavit was unimportant, and, if important, was untrue.

From The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel. by Unknown

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

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew

The untrue averment that the committee of council have refused to contribute to the support of schools not adopting the management clauses is in proper keeping with these equivocations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various