Assertory

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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