A-vĕr'ment, n.

n. [O. Fr. averement, L. Lat. averamentum. See AVER.] 1. The act of averring; affirmation; positive assertion. Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. I. Taylor.

2. Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.
3. (Law.) An offer of either party to justify or prove what he alleges.

☞ In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he avers it to be true, by using this form of words: “and this he is ready to verify.” This was formerly called an averment. In modern pleading, it is termed a verification. Blackstone.