assertory
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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
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 Callan, Charles Jerome
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
Obligation Imposed by Promissory Oath.—An assertory oath imposes the obligation of telling the truth and of repairing any damage that results from the falsity or injustice of the declaration.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
The discipline spoken of in the promissory part of the oath must be the same which was spoken of in the assertory part.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
