This is equivalent to an averment that he is a citizen of that State.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference

That is a positive averment or is concealment when one is under a duty to disclose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Siegelman's Judge Committed Fraud on the Court] Reference

"My dear fellow," Marston returned, "we are willing to accept Mr. Harleston's averment.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cab of the Sleeping Horse] Reference

No averment in the pleadings of the plaintiff is necessary, in order to give jurisdiction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference

The only positive averment in the affidavit was unimportant, and, if important, was untrue.    From Wordnik.com.  [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.] Reference

"Master Spikeman knows," answered Arundel, "without any averment on my part, that I came not to see him.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference

The commentator shows that this is an answer to the sceptic's averment about Nature being the cause of everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

In support of this extraordinary averment, he produced, or professed himself ready to produce, evidence to show that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nick of the Woods] Reference

In by far the most of them there is reiterated the most positive and dogged averment that there is no future for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861] Reference

Such qualifying expressions as "to the best of my belief," "as I am informed," may save an averment from being perjured.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference

An averment that the blockade was lawful is likely to get short shrift in any Court potentially having jurisdiction other than in Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident] Reference

The assertion of those who ascribe the failure of this Method to its neglect of Facts, is true; the averment of Professor Whewell that it was neither from a lack of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference

This is the only material averment in the declaration.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861] Reference

We now apply ourselves to the refutation of the averment made by the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference

As to the latter averment, it can be believed or not as suits every one's fancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures] Reference

Spite of Scott's averment in the mouth of George's grandson, Bell the Cat, that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Penniless Princesses] Reference

Under this view of the case, I made the open averment that I would not go to the theatre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Married Life: its shadows and sunshine] Reference

Tahttinga-mobellu receives the averment of all his villagers in proof of this strange feat.    From Wordnik.com.  [ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE] Reference

Lord Lucan's averment was that Lord Cardigan did not approach him until afterwards when all was over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places] Reference

His averment to this effect does not allow the supposition that he could have deceived himself, on such a point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply] Reference

A new objection is raised against the averment that the gods, &c. also are entitled to the knowledge of Brahman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference

Judges; as it is established, by his own averment, that he never saw them on the Bench of the Court, at the Jury-trials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply] Reference

Hence, it is not givng any "mandate" to the CEC. On the other hand the averment of the Law Minister appears quite valid.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Indian National Interest] Reference

This important averment, spreading among the black chiefs, awoke in them the desire to acquire and to conserve property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography] Reference

No sooner had Mrs. Falconer cast her eyes upon him than she could not but be convinced of the truth of Robert's averment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Falconer] Reference

It makes the strange averment that all the Low-Country gentlemen and border clans wore tartan, and gives sets of them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference

I have thus proved beyond controversy that the averment of the bill, which my amendment proposes to strike out, is untrue.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897)] Reference

Neither in itself nor in its preamble was there an averment, or even an assumption of its necessity, as a rule of guidance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848] Reference

With reference to the averment that on account of the specifications contained in the passage, 'His head is Sutejas,' &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference

The story of the musical scrapbook rested not with me, but as I stated, upon the averment of Will S. Hays, a rival song writer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography] Reference

The latter averment is doubtless correct; but it is only justice to say that the Crusaders, so called Christians, who encamped in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference

I think I have fairly shown, from Scripture and facts, that the first averment is not the truth; and have reduced it to an absurdity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slavery Ordained of God] Reference

Resources Ltd (RNRL) deletes a paragraph from its petition, or averment, that the directors had approved and acted on the family pact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

She said: "It is obvious that the averment of the defendants were cooked up lies to the extent that they were overcooked and got burnt".    From Wordnik.com.  [Vanguard] Reference

Sir Edward Coke's averment that the queen's conspiracy had been proved by the disclosure of her confession to Friar Randolf can be deduced.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference