Negative Averment
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Ags oppesed to the traverse or simple denial of an afirmative allegation, a negative averment is an allegation of some substantive fact, e, g., that premises are not in repair, which, although negative in form, is really affirmative in substance, and the party alleging the fact of non-repair must proveit.
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