Middle English Dictionary Entry
aver(r)ement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aver(r)ement n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law (a) Proof; esp., a declaration under oath or a declaration supported by the oaths of others; (b) instruction [prob. scribal error].
Associated quotations
a
- (1429) Proc.Privy C.3.338 : Neiþer þe forsaid Cardinal nor eny of his executours..be bounde..to answere..of eny thriddes or oþer gaines of werre or to eny averrement as þerfore.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)27 : After the kynde of his pleynt owyn the essoynes be iuged..and the plee determined, that is to wetyne be averrement [OF aveyrement], or be lawe, or be pr[o]cess.
- (1455) Proc.Privy C.6.264 : Ye utterly..acquite þe said John Tempest, knyght shirief aforesaid, by his othe or by þothe of his depute..with outen any issue triall or averrement betwix us and him.
b
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)155 : Ȝif he to whom the weddys weren sett to wedde..do hem to wittyn whanne the same weddys weryn set..and up on this prey averrement [OF aveyement] of the court what he oweth to doon of the same weddys.