assertory Meaning, Definition & Usage

As*sert"o*ry adjective
Etymology
L. assertorius, fr. asserere.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913