Averment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 208 - Sheehy v. Mandeville · 1812Most cited · 7 citing opinions
An averment is a positive statement: and is used in opposition to argument, or inference.
How often courts cite the case defining “Averment”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Averment” — 13 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.