assertory

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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

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 Minto, William

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 Bain, Alexander

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

"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