attestation vs averment

attestation

noun
  • A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation. 

  • The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business information of a business, public agency, or other organization. 

  • A confirmation or authentication. 

  • An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium. 

averment

noun
  • verification; establishment by evidence. 

  • The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion. 

  • A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. 

How often have the words attestation and averment occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )