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Antonyms for averment

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-vur-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɜr mənt

Definition of averment

  • noun assertion
Example sentences :
  • The latter case shows the averment of negligence to have been mere form.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.
  • Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham
  • I must take exception, for instance, to his averment “that what we respect and admire,” viz.
  • Extract from : « Tradition » by John Francis Arundell
  • There is no averment in this plea which shows or conduces to show an inability in the plaintiff to sue in the Circuit Court.
  • Extract 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 » by Benjamin C. Howard
  • To aver that his ancestors were sold as slaves, is not equivalent, in point of law, to an averment that he was a slave.
  • Extract 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 » by Benjamin C. Howard
  • Neither in itself nor in its preamble was there an averment, or even an assumption of its necessity, as a rule of guidance.
  • Extract from : « The Felon's Track » by Michael Doheny
  • By the way, I was wrong in recommending you to persist in your averment that Protection is dead and coffined.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 422, December 1850 » by Various
  • No sooner had Mrs. Falconer cast her eyes upon him than she could not but be convinced of the truth of Robert's averment.
  • Extract from : « Robert Falconer » by George MacDonald
  • It is an averment of a conclusion of law which is permitted to abridge the facts (positive and negative) on which it is founded.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • His averment to this effect does not allow the supposition that he could have deceived himself, on such a point.
  • Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham

Synonyms for averment

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