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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Averment \A*ver"ment\, noun [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See {Aver}, verb (used with an object)]
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. --I. Taylor.
2. Verification; establishment by evidence. --Bacon.
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. --Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
averment
noun: a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) [syn: {assertion}, {asseveration}]
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