Averment [fr. verificatio, Lat.], an advancement or affirmation of any matter in a pleading, and when new matter was introduced the pleading con-cluded with a verification except in the anomalous case of the general plea of bankruptcy under the repealed 6 Geo. 4, c. 16. Verifications or averments were of two kinds: common and special. Common were applied to ordinary cases, and were in the following form:- 'And this the plaintiff (or defendant) is ready to verify.' Special were used where the matter pleaded was intended to be tried by record or by some other method than a jury. They were in the following forms:- 'And this the plaintiff (or defendant) is ready to verify, by the said record,' or And this the plantiff (or defendant) in ready to verify, when, where, and in such manner as the Court here shall order, direct, or appoint.'
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