Averment
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In pleading. A positive statement of facte. In opposition to argument or inference.
1 Chit. PI. 320.
In old pleading. An offer to prove a plea, or pleading. The concluding part of a pica, replication, or other pleading, containing new affirmative matter, by which the party offers or declares himself "ready to verify."