As*sert"o*ry (#), a. [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
Affirming; maintaining.
Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory.
Jer. Taylor.
An assertory, not a promissory, declaration.
Bentham.
A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual.
Sir W. Hamilton.
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