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

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

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

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