\A*ver"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum.
See {Aver}, v. t.]
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.