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Aver-corn, a reserved rent in corn paid to religious houses, Cowel...
aver
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the pleading con-cluded with a verification except in the anomalous case of the general plea of bankruptcy under the repealed 6 Geo. 4, c. 16.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.'...
Corn Returns
Corn Returns. By the (English) Corn Returns Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 37), consolidating with amendments 5 & 6 Vict. c. 14, and 27 & 28 Vict. c. 87, certain towns as named by Order in Council from time to time and being not less that 150 nor more than 200 in number, supply through 'inspectors of corn returns' weekly returns of the purchases of British corn made in such towns. The inspectors make up these returns from the dealers and corn factors, etc., who are bound by s.11 of the Act to supply particulars under a penalty not exceeding 20l. Average are computed by the Board of Trade from the weekly returns, and published in the London Gazette. The (English) Corn Sales Act, 1921, ss. 2, 4, makes a minor amendment to the Act of 1882....
Corn Production Act, 1917 (English)
Corn Production Act, 1917 (English), was an Act for encouraging the production of corn, and provided, inter alia, for State payments to growers where the average price of wheat or oats fell below a minimum. It was amended by the Agricultural Act, 1920, and repealed by the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Act, 1921. As to the Wheat Commission, Fund and Quota, see the Wheat Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 24); and see CORN SALES ACT, 1921....
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....
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