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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSERTOR

n.One who affirms positively; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator.

 

ASSERTORY

a.Affirming; maintaining.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSERTOR

As *sert "or, n. Etym: [L., fr. asserere.]

 

Defn: One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.

 

ASSERTORIAL

ASSERTORIAL As `ser *to "ri *al, a.

 

Defn: Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.

 

ASSERTORY

As *sert "o *ry, a. Etym: [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]

 

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.

 

Duden Dictionary

assertorisch

as ser to risch Adjektiv Philosophie |assert o risch |lateinisch assertorius behauptend, versichernd eine assertorische Aussage | assertorische Urteile (Logik ; Behauptungen von Tatsachen, die ohne Beweis Gültigkeit beanspruchen )