assertory

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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

Philo subtle, and with long involved periods knit together by logical connectives: the Book of Wisdom sententious, full of parallelisms, assertory and Hebraistic throughout.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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

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 Cunningham, John

"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 Minto, William