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aver averred aver·ring : to assert or declare positively esp. in a pleading : allege [not necessary to the capacity of a party to sue "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 9(a)"] NOTE: Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(e)(1) requires that averments in a pleading be “simple, concise, and direct,” and states that “no technical forms of pleading or motions are required.” aver·ment n ...
negative averment
negative averment : a negative statement or allegation (as in a pleading) that constitutes a statement of fact and that must be proved by the party making it [a negative averment alleging that the plaintiff did not have the capacity to sue] ...
Aver
Aver (to) [fr. averer, Fr.; fr. verus, Lat.], to maintain at true....
Averment
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the pleading con-cluded with a verification except in the anomalous case of the general plea of bankruptcy under the repealed 6 Geo. 4, c. 16.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.'...
Aver-corn
Aver-corn, a reserved rent in corn paid to religious houses, Cowel...
Aver-land
Aver-land, that which tenants ploughed and manured for the proper use of a monastery or the lords of the soil, Cowel....
Aver-penny or average penny
Aver-penny or average penny, money paid towards the king's averages or carriages, and so to be freed thereof, Cowel....
Aver-silver
Aver-silver, a customary rent; see Cowel's Law Dict....
Avers
Avers, draught cattle; cart-horses....
Avoirdupois, Avoirs-de-pois, or Aver-du-pois
Avoirdupois, Avoirs-de-pois, or Aver-du-pois [O. fr.] (to have weight), a method of weighing goods, allowing 16 ounces to the pound, whilst Troy weight allows but 12. See Weights and Measures Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 49); and TROY....
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