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Postby Bailey » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:38 am

a·ver (-vûr)
tr.v. a·verred, a·ver·ring, a·vers
1. To affirm positively; declare.
2. Law
a. To assert formally as a fact.
b. To justify or prove.



[Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Vulgar Latin *advrre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin vrus, true; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots.]



a·verment n.
a·verra·ble adj.

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Postby gailr » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:00 pm

Legalese has an aversion to a plainly averred statement.


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