assertory
Example Sentences
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He merely made an assertory oath in a prescribed form.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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
Hypothetical Imperatives represent the practical necessity of an action as a means to an end, being problematical or assertory principles, according as the end is possible or real.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
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
"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
