Aver
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To assert. See "Averment." To make or prov6 true; to verify. The defendant will oflfer to aver. Cowell; Co. Litt. 362b. Cattle of any kind. Cowell; Kelham.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To assert. See Averment. To make or prove true; to verify. The defendant will offer to aver. Cowell; Co. Litt. 3621*. Cattle of any kind. Cowell, Averia; Kelham. Aver et tenir. To have and to hold. Aver-land. Land ploughed by the tenant for proper use of the lord of the soil. Blount. Aver-penny. Money paid to the king's averages to be free therefrom. Termes de la Ley. Aver-silver. A rent formerly so called. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Fr. To have.
— Aver et tener. In old conveyancing. To have and to hold.
n. In old English and French. Property; substance, estate, and particularly live stock or cattle; hence a working beast; a horse or bullock.
—Aver com. A rent reserved to religious houses, to be paid by their tenants in com.
—Aver land. In feudal law. Land plowed by the tenant for the proper use of the lord of the soil.
—Aver penny. Money paid towards the king's averages or carriages, and so to be freed thereof.
—Aver silver. A custom or rent formerly so called.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To state positively; to plead; to prove true; to offer to verify.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English and French, A working beast; a horse or bullock.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Averment.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
To state; to plead; to avouch or verify.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Fr. averrer; L. Lat. verificare^ In pleading. To make a positive statement of fact, in opposition to argument or inference. See Averment. In old pleading. To avouch or verify. Litt, sect. 691. Co, Litt. 362 b. To make or prove true; to make good or justify a plea. See Averer, Verify, To offer to verify, or made good. Cowell,