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aver /ə-'vər/ vt averred, aver·ring: to assert or declare positively esp. in a pleading: allege

not necessary to aver the capacity of a party to sue — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 9(a)

◇ 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