Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Averment

n. A positive declaration or affirmation of fact; esp., an assertion or allegation in a pleading <the plaintiff's averment that the defendant ran a red light>. Cf asseverate.

Averment of notice

a statement in a pleading that someone else has been properly notified about some fact. See notice.

Immaterial averment

an averment that alleges something in needless detail; a statement that goes far beyond what is in issue. ( this type of averment may be ordered struck from the pleading.

Negative averment.

An averment that is negative in form but affirmative in substance and that must be proved by the alleging party- ( an example is the statement "she was not old enough to enter into the contract," which is more than just a simple denial. Cf. Traverse.

immaterial averment

See AVERMENT.

negative averment

See AVERMENT.