See Also: asseveration(dictionary)
ASSEVERATION(law)

asseveration (iou)



asseveration noun. M16.
[Latin asseveratio(n-), formed as ASSEVERATE: see -ATION.]
(A) solemn affirmation; (an) emphatic declaration or confirmation; an oath.
Bacon Men ought..to propound things sincerely, with more or less asseueration, as they stand in a man's own iudgement. Smollett Incensed at this asseveration, which he was not prepared to refute. Dickens The sergeant rejoined with many choice asseverations that he didn't.
a'sseverative adjective pertaining to or of the nature of asseveration M19.