1.The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion. "Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events."
2.Verification; establishment by evidence.
3.(Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. Note: 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. It modern pleading, it is termed a verification.
