assertory

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Assertory \As*sert"o*ry\, a. [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
   Affirming; maintaining.
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         Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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         An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. --Bentham.
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         A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is
         known as actual.                         --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.
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