assertory
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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
Obligation Imposed by Promissory Oath.—An assertory oath imposes the obligation of telling the truth and of repairing any damage that results from the falsity or injustice of the declaration.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
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
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
But an assertory sentence, proposition, or predication, is the unit with which Logic concerns itself—a sentence in which a subject is named and something is said or predicated about it.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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