assertory
Example Sentences
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But while both species may not be implemented in some cases till the far distant future, some of an assertory nature may be performed at the time when they are sworn.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
In their session of that, year, the lower House of Assembly adopted a series of resolves assertory of their liberties, and declaring the grounds on which they claimed the benefit of the statutes.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
But an assertory sentence, proposition, or predication, is the unit with which Logic concerns itself—a sentence in which a subject is named and something is said or predicated about it.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
By reason of the matter, an oath is either assertory or promissory.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
"The conquest of Darius by Alexander was honourable," or "Alexander in conquering Darius was an honourable conqueror," is the syllogistic form of the proposition: it is simply assertory, not qualified in any "mode".
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
