averment vs evidence

averment

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

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

  • verification; establishment by evidence. 

evidence

noun
  • Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. 

  • A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. 

  • Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. 

  • One who bears witness. 

verb
  • To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. 

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