Assertory
Pronunciation : As*sert"o*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913