assertory

[ uh-sur-tuh-ree ]

adjective

1. stated positively; affirmative:

   an assertory proposition.

Other Words From

• as·serto·ri·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of assertory¹

First recorded in 1610–20; assert + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

I do not wish to go into the views generally entertained by you, except so far as expressed by you that the Testimony Oath had no binding effect upon your conscience?—My answer applied to the Assertory or Testimony Oath.

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It is a question for you: do you draw any distinction between the binding effect upon your conscience of the Assertory Oath, as it is called, and the Promissory Oath?—Most certainly I do.

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That oaths both assertory and promissory are lawful, will not be denied but by Quakers, &c.

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He merely made an assertory oath in a prescribed form.

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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.

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Related Words

• bold
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